MATTER OF BELGRAVE v. CITY OF NEW YORK

214, 400499/14.

137 A.D.3d 439 (2016)

27 N.Y.S.3d 2

2016 NY Slip Op 01548

In the Matter of DUNEEN BELGRAVE, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided March 3, 2016.


Disposition of this appeal requires that we interpret Correction Law article 23-A and decide an issue of first impression, which is whether a law enforcement agency (here the NYPD), may refuse to hire an applicant seeking employment with that agency as a civilian, without regard to the criteria set forth in Correction Law article 23-A, solely on the basis of the applicant's prior criminal conviction. We find that the protections of article 23-A do not apply to a civilian...

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