Legal Opinion
Howard Fink and Lucia Marett v. New York City Department of Personnel, New York City Human Resources Administration and Department of Social Services
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 19, 1995No. 1055, Docket 94-7699PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVAL, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Howard Fink and Lucia Mar-ett, who are visually impaired employees of the New York City Human Resources Administration (“HRA”), brought this action alleging that the New York City Department of Personnel and the New York City Human Resources Administration, Department of Social Services, violated § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794(a), by failing to make accommodation for their disabilities during the administration of a civil service promotional examination, with the result that plaintiffs failed the exam.
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