Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2011

Pajooh v. State Division of Human Rights

Pajooh v. State Division of Human Rights
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 24, 2011
82 A.D.3d 609; 918 N.Y.2d 725
Pajooh v. State Division of Human Rights

Opinion of the Court

The challenged no probable cause determination was rationally based and not arbitrary and capricious (see Matter of McFarland v New York State Div. of Human Rights, 241 AD2d 108, 111-113 [1998]). DHR has broad discretion in determining the method to be employed in investigating a claim, and the record shows that the investigation in this case was not “abbreviated or one-sided” (Matter of Pascual v New York State Div. of Human Rights, 37 AD3d 215, 216 [2007]; see also McFarland, 241 AD2d at 111-113).

We have considered petitioner’s remaining contentions and find them unavailing. Concur — Mazzarelli, PJ., Saxe, Friedman, Acosta and Freedman, JJ.

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