Race / Color Discrimination

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In Hinds v. PSEG Long Island LLC, Long Island Elec. Util. Servco LLC, Nat’l Grid Elec. Servs., LLC, Michael Abrams, & Michael Star, No. 23-CV-08701 (RER) (LGD), 2026 WL 266010 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 2, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s discrimination claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws.…

Read More Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Include Being Assigned to Work Outside on Sweltering Day
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In Burgess v. MTA Const. and Development Co., No. 160414/2024, 2026 WL 195519 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Jan. 21, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: To plead a hostile work environment marred with…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Include Questioning About Sexual Orientation, Race, and Medical Condition
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In Payne v. NYC Fire Dept., No. 150490/2024, 2026 WL 144437 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Jan. 09, 2026), the court dismissed the petitioner’s Article 78 proceeding seeking to annul the determination of the New York City Fire Department and the City of New York to terminate his probationary employment as a firefighter. As to petitioner’s race…

Read More Probationary Firefighter’s Termination Upheld; Race Discrimination, Retaliation Claims Insufficiently Alleged
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In Duckett-Holmes v. Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, Inc., No. 159488/2024, 2026 WL 93691 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Jan. 05, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim. This decision illustrates the basic principles governing the pleading of such a claim: In order to state a claim for…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; “Bare Legal Conclusions” Insufficient to State a Claim
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In Poteat v. CP Development et al, No. 24-3290, 2026 WL 93129 (3d Cir. Jan. 13, 2026), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a lower court’s granting of defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of race discrimination and hostile work environment under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The court summarized the facts,…

Read More Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Race Discrimination Claims Asserted Under 42 U.S.C. § 1981
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In Samah v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., No. 1:25-CV-10158-JEK, 2026 WL 63399 (D. Mass. Jan. 8, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claims. From the decision: Counts 5 and 9 assert that Takeda violated Title VII and Chapter 151B, respectively, by subjecting Samah to a racially…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Dismissal
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In Walker v. Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, No. 160839/2021, 2025 WL 3757595 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Dec. 23, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s race and gender discrimination, and hostile work environment, claims. From the decision: The Court rejects Defendants’ argument that there is no evidence of discrimination.…

Read More Race, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Summary Judgment
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In Quinn v. Austin, No. CV 24-10285-NMG, 2025 WL 2841890 (D. Mass. Oct. 7, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: In support of a hostile work environment claim in this case, Quinn…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed, Notwithstanding Confederate Flag Allegation
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In Huang v. Chibaola, Inc., No. 650248/2025, 2025 WL 3636451 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Dec. 08, 2025), the court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Under the NYSHRL, a plaintiff who alleges discrimination in employment has the initial…

Read More Discrimination Claims Dismissed; Plaintiff Apparently Not Subject to Bag-Search Policy
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In McFarlane v. Community Health Center of Richmond, Inc., No. 25-CV-00410 (NCM) (RML), 2025 WL 3625900 (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 15, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a retaliation claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After summarizing the black-letter law, the court applied it to the facts as…

Read More Title VII Retaliation Claim Sufficiently Alleged; Termination Followed Complaints of Racial Discrimination
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