Legal Opinion
Allen v. City of Buffalo
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 14, 1989PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Thomas F. McGowan, J.
These consolidated petitions under CPLR article 78 arise out of the short-lived conflict between the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) (29 USC § 623 [a.] [1]) and New York’s Civil Service Law § 58, regarding the hiring of law enforcement officers. Until January 1, 1987, the ADEA prohibited age discrimination against applicants between the ages of 40 and 70 who sought to be police officers. At the same time, section 58 of the Civil Service Law barred applicants who had reached their 29th birthday from commencing employment with any…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Catanzaro v. City of BuffaloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- General Electric Co. v. New York State Department of LaborDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990
- Allen v. City of BuffaloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990