New York Supreme Court March 25, 2005 (State Division of Human Rights v. HSBC Bank U.S.A.)

OPINION OF THE COURT

John P. Lane, J.

On May 25, 2004 respondent Edward A. Friedland, Acting Commissioner of the State Division of Human Rights (SDHR), made an order following a hearing dismissing claims by petitioner Diane Ballard against respondent HSBC, her former employer, that she was denied promotion between 1985 and 1987 for reasons related to her race and was terminated in retaliation for