«It's disappointing that any candidate for Attorney General would believe that equal justice and
equality under the law applies to some New York State citizens and not to all,» said Assembly Member Matt Titone (61st AD - Staten Island).
To do this, the Court of Appeal
applied Law v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1999] 1 S. C. R. 497, which is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision that created the
Law test for establishing
equality right claims
under section 15 of the Charter.