Sahni v. Foster
| Decision Date | 07 December 2016 |
| Citation | 2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 08240,145 A.D.3d 733,42 N.Y.S.3d 343 |
| Parties | In the Matter of Jasbrinder S. SAHNI, appellant, v. Helen Diane FOSTER, etc., et al., respondents. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
145 A.D.3d 733
42 N.Y.S.3d 343
2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 08240
In the Matter of Jasbrinder S. SAHNI, appellant,
v.
Helen Diane FOSTER, etc., et al., respondents.
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
Dec. 7, 2016.
Jasbrinder S. Sahni, White Plains, NY, appellant pro se.
Jackson Lewis, P.C., White Plains, NY (Robert J. Guidotti and Thomas P. McDonough of counsel), for respondent Legal Services of the Hudson Valley.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., SHERI S. ROMAN, JEFFREY A. COHEN, and ROBERT J. MILLER, JJ.
In a proceeding, inter alia, pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the New York State Division of Human Rights dated November 1, 2013, dismissing the petitioner's administrative complaint upon a finding that there was no probable cause to believe that the respondent Legal Services of the Hudson Valley engaged in unlawful discriminatory practices against him, and a determination of the New York State Division of Human Rights dated November 22, 2013, denying his request to review the determination dated November 1, 2013, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Warhit, J.), dated July 7, 2014, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The petitioner was employed as an attorney handling mortgage foreclosures in the White Plains office of the respondent Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (hereinafter LSHV). In December 2011, he was transferred to LSHV's Mount Vernon office, and in April 2012, he was suspended without pay for seven days. In May 2013,
the petitioner filed an administrative complaint with the New York State Division of Human Rights (hereinafter the DHR) against LSHV, alleging that he was a 46–year–old male of Indian national origin, and that the circumstances of his transfer and suspension were discriminatory in that they were based on his age, race or color, and
national origin. In...
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