Case Name: County of Nassau, Petitioner, v. New York State Division of Human Rights et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1983-08-01
Citations: 96 A.D.2d 818
Docket Number: 
Parties: County of Nassau, Petitioner, v New York State Division of Human Rights et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 96
Pages: 818–819

Head Matter:
County of Nassau, Petitioner, v New York State Division of Human Rights et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
— Proceeding pursuant to section 298 of the Executive Law to review an order of the New York State Human Rights Appeal Board, dated June 2, 1982, which affirmed an order of the Commissioner of the State Division of Human Rights dated March 6,1981, which, inter alia, found the petitioner guilty of discrimination on the basis of sex. Determination confirmed and proceeding dismissed, without costs or disbursements. Although we do not approve of the over five-year period that it took from the filing of the complaint until the final resolution by the State Human Rights Appeal Board, in the absence of a showing by the petitioner that it has been substantially prejudiced by the delay, this court will not invalidate the proceedings and divest respondents of jurisdiction (see Matter of Sarkisian Bros, v State Div. of Human Rights, 48 NY2d 816; Matter of Liverpool Cent. SchoolDist. v State Div. of Human Rights, 46 AD2d 1004). We have considered the other arguments raised by the petitioner and have found them to be without merit. Damiani, J. P., Thompson, Bracken and Rubin, JJ., concur.