Case Name: Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. George Pataki, as Governor of the State of New York, et al., Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-06-16
Citations: 180 Misc. 2d 781
Docket Number: 
Parties: Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, v George Pataki, as Governor of the State of New York, et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 180
Pages: 781–782

Head Matter:
[695 NYS2d 472]
Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, v George Pataki, as Governor of the State of New York, et al., Defendants.
Supreme Court, Niagara County,
June 16, 1999
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Hurwitz & Fine, P. C. (Dan D. Kohane of counsel), for plaintiffs. Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General (William D. Lonergan of counsel), for defendants.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jacqueline M. Koshian, J.
By memorandum decision of February 23, 1998 this court determined that plaintiffs had a protected property interest in the prompt prosecution of the complaints filed with the Division of Human Rights (Division) and that plaintiffs had been denied due process by the Division's failure to render a timely determination of them. The order entered therein directed that the Division "immediately schedule a hearing in the Meiselman matter and issue a decision on such complaint forthwith". The Division's failure to comply with the order and the uncontroverted state of the record made upon plaintiffs' instant motion for summary judgment warrants a finding that the instant application be granted without costs.