AYKAC v. CITY OF NEW YORK (2026)

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

Ilter AYKAC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendant-Respondent.

Index No. 6944

Decided: June 23, 2026

Renwick, P.J., Scarpulla, González, Rodriguez, O'Neill Levy, JJ.

Law Office of John A. Scola, PLLC, New York (John Scola of counsel), for appellant. Steven Banks, Corporation Counsel, New York (Lauren L. O'Brien of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ariel D. Chesler, J.), entered on or about April 7, 2025, which granted defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff, a former New York Police Department detective, asserts claims for discrimination under the City Human Rights Law (City HRL), alleging that he was placed on restricted duty because of his disability. As a result, he asserts that he was deprived of opportunities to receive overtime pay at a rate equal to his similarly situated colleagues who did not have a disability.

Supreme Court properly found that plaintiff failed to state a cause of action for discrimination under the City HRL (see Harrington v. City of New York, 157 AD3d 582, 584 [1st Dept 2018]). Plaintiff provided no support for his allegations that the NYPD had a policy that prevented him from receiving overtime opportunities because of his disability (see Campbell v New York City Dept. of Educ., 200 AD3d 488, 489 [1st Dept 2021]; Lively v Wafra Inv. Advisory Group, Inc., 211 AD3d 432, 433 [1st Dept 2022]). As a result, it cannot be inferred from the overtime hours given to plaintiff's colleagues that defendant discriminated against plaintiff based on his disability (see Lively, 211 AD3d at 433).

We have considered plaintiff's remaining contentions and find them unavailing.

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