ALEXANDER v. BAHOU

5:78-CV-392 5:80-CV-53.

512 F.Supp.3d 363 (2021)

Lee ALEXANDER as Mayor of the City of Syracuse; Thomas F. Hanlon, as Chief of Fire of the Syracuse Fire Department; Thomas J. Sardino, as Chief of Police of the Syracuse Police Department; and City of Syracuse, Plaintiffs, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Syracuse/Onondaga Chapter, Intervenor Plaintiff, v. Victor S. BAHOU, as President of the Civil Service Commission of the State of New York; Josephine L. Gambino, as Commissioner of and Constituting, the Civil Service Commission of the State of New York; James T. McFarland, as Commissioner of and Constituting, the Civil Service Commission of the State of New York; and Edward J. Gusty, Commissioner of the Department of Personnel of Onondaga County, Defendants, United States of America, Plaintiff, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Syracuse/Onondaga Chapter, Intervenor Plaintiff, v. City of Syracuse, a municipal corporation; Lee Alexander, as Mayor of the City of Syracuse; Thomas F. Hanlon, as Chief of Fire of the Syracuse Fire Department; Syracuse Fire Department; Thomas J. Sardino, as Chief of Police of the Syracuse Police Department; Syracuse Police Department; Victor S. Bahou, as Commissioner of and constituting the New York State Civil Service Commission; Josephine L. Gambino, as Commissioner of and Constituting the New York State Civil Service Commission; James T. McFarland, as Commissioner of and Constituting the New York State Civil Service Commission; New York State Municipal Training Council; and Edward J. Gusty, Local Personnel Officer, County of Onondaga, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. New York.

Signed January 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

OF COUNSEL: JOHN G. POWERS, ESQ. , MARY L. D'AGOSTINO, ESQ. , HANCOCK ESTABROOK, LLP, Attorneys for City of Syracuse, 1800 AXA Tower I, 100 Madison Street, Syracuse, New York 13202.

OF COUNSEL: KRISTEN E. SMITH, ESQ. , CITY OF SYRACUSE CORPORATION COUNSEL, Attorneys for City of Syracuse, 233 East Washington Street Room 300, City Hall, Syracuse, New York 13202.

OF COUNSEL: ROBERT RICH, ESQ. , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE-ENRD, Attorneys for the United States, 4 Constitution Square, 150 M Street Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia 20002.

OF COUNSEL: ALICIA D. JOHNSON, ESQ. , JOHN P. BUCHKO, ESQ. , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE-CRD, Attorneys for the United States, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Room 4018, Washington, District of Columbia 20530.

HON. ANTOINETTE T. BACON, OF COUNSEL: THOMAS J. SPINA, ESQ. , Assistant United States Attorney, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Attorneys for the United States, 445 Broadway, Room 218, Albany, New York 12207.

HON. LETITIA JAMES, OF COUNSEL: COLLEEN D. GALLIGAN, ESQ. , Assistant Attorney General, New York State Attorney General, Attorneys for Defendants, The Capitol, Albany, New York 12224.


MEMORANDUM—DECISION and ORDER

I. INTRODUCTION

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