Legal Opinion
New York State Office of Mental Health v. New York State Office of Mental Health
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 25, 1996PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Cardona, P. J.
The 29 individual respondents in this proceeding (hereinafter collectively referred to as respondents) are either African American or Hispanic. During the relevant time periods they were employed as grade 9 Mental Health Therapy Aides (hereinafter MHTAs) for petitioner in one of its regional forensic units (hereinafter RFUs) located at petitioner’s Manhattan Psychiatric Center (hereinafter Manhattan). Respondents were responsible for the treatment and custody of mentally ill patients found to be not guilty by reason of insanity (CPL 330.20) or incompetent to…
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