NORTH SYRACUSE v. NYSDHR

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Firm of Frank W. Miller, East Syracuse ( Frank W. Miller and Bryan Georgiady of counsel), for appellant in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Syracuse ( Jonathan B. Fellows of counsel), for appellant in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Caroline J. Downey , General Counsel, New York State Division of Human Rights, Bronx ( Michael K. Swirsky of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Caroline J. Downey , General Counsel, New York State Division of Human Rights, Bronx ( Michael K. Swirsky of counsel), for New York State Division of Human Rights, respondent in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Schlather, Stumbar, Parks & Salk, LLP, Ithaca ( Raymond M. Schlather and Diane V. Bruns of counsel), for Amelia Kearney, respondent in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York City ( Thomas W. Ude, Jr. , and Hayley J. Gorenberg of counsel), for Advocates for Children of New York, Inc. and others, amici curiae in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General, New York City ( Cecelia C. Chang , Leslie B. Dubeck , Barbara D. Underwood , Spencer Freedman , Kristen Clarke and Kayla Gassmann of counsel), for State of New York, amicus curiae in the first and second above-entitled proceedings.

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York City ( Hayley J. Gorenberg and Thomas W. Ude, Jr. , of counsel), for Advocates for Children of New York, Inc. and others, amici curiae in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Jay Worona , Latham, and Aileen Abrams , for New York State School Boards Association, Inc., amicus curiae in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Judges GRAFFEO, READ and SMITH concur with Judge PIGOTT; Judge CIPARICK dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judge JONES concur.