(a) Any complainant, respondent or other person aggrieved by any order of the State Commissioner of Human Rights or the State Division of Human Rights may obtain judicial review of such order by commencing a special proceeding, within 60 days after service of the order, in the Supreme Court in the county where the alleged discriminatory practice which is the subject of the order occurred or where any person required by the order to cease and desist from an unlawful discriminatory practice or to take other affirmative action resides or transacts business. Such proceeding shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of petition and petition naming as respondents the State Division of Human Rights and all other parties appearing in the proceeding before the State Division of Human Rights.
(b) Except as set forth in subdivision (c) of this section, and unless otherwise ordered by the court, the State Division of Human Rights shall have 20 days after service of the notice of petition and petition to file with the court the written transcript of the record of all prior proceedings upon which its order was made.
(c) Where the petition seeks review of an order issued after a public hearing held pursuant to section 297(4)(a) of the Executive Law:
(1) the petition shall have annexed to it a copy of such order;
(2) the Supreme Court, upon the filing of the petition, shall make an order directing that the proceeding be transferred for disposition to the Appellate Division in the judicial department embracing the county in which the proceeding was commenced; and
(3) the time and manner of the filing of the written transcript of the record of all prior proceedings shall be determined by the Appellate Division to which the proceeding is transferred.
Historical Note
Sec. filed Jan. 9, 1986 eff. Jan. 6, 1986.