May 15, 2026

Appellate Division decision address initiating disciplinary action involving law enforcement personnel pursuant to a negotiated collective bargaining agreement and a competing statute vesting such disciplinary authority in the appointing authority

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A Supreme Court (1) granted the City of Albany's [Petitioner] application to permanently stay a pending arbitration, and (2) declared th...
May 14, 2026

Isolated remarks or occasional episodes of harassment found judicially insufficient to support employee's hostile or abusive work environment complaint

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The New York State Division of Human Rights [DHR] adopted the recommended order of an Administrative Law Judge to dismiss Petitioner's f...
May 13, 2026

New York State's Commissioner of Education lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate a decision issued by the Department's Chief Privacy Officer alleged to be arbitrary and capricious

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New York State's Commissioner of Education Dr. Betty A. Rosa dismissed the Petitioner's appeal challenging a decision by the Chief P...
May 12, 2026

Employee's terminated after being found guilty of "time theft" and "time fraud"

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Supreme Court denied the Plaintiff's petition to seeking to annul a determination of  the New York City Department of Education [DOE] te...
May 11, 2026

Appellate Division finds Petitioner failed to demonstrate that circumstances existed that would give rise to an inference of unlawful discrimination on the basis of age, disability, or sex

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Petitioner, a former firefighter, filed an administrative complaint with the New York State Division of Human Rights [SDHR] charging his for...