New York State Division of Human Rights v. Filtration Products Group of Snyder-General Corp.

—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court had jurisdiction over the State Division of Human Rights (SDHR), a necessary party. SDHR’s "Response to the Petition”, stating that it was submitting on the record and raising no jurisdictional objections, indicated SDHR’s intention to submit to the court’s jurisdiction and conferred in personam jurisdiction on the court (see, Rubino v City of New York, 145 AD2d 285, 288; McLaughlin, Practice Commentaries, McKinney’s Cons Laws of NY, Book 7B, CPLR C320.2, at 492; Siegel, NY Prac § 112, at 177-178 [2d ed]).

The petition was…