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In Borden v. City of New York, 23-CV-8330 (RPK) (CLP), 2025 WL 754147 (E.D.N.Y. March 10, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Plaintiff’s non-time barred allegations do not plausibly amount to…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Alleged Sexual Innuendo, Grabbing Were Not “Severe” or “Pervasive”
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In Gahfi v. New York City Department of Education, 23-cv-1782 (BMC), 2025 WL 675933 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 28, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that the plaintiff sufficiently alleged a claim of religion-based discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: “At the pleadings stage … a plaintiff must allege…

Read More Religious Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal, Court Holds
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In White v. Roosevelt Union Free School District Board of Education, 15-CV-1035(JS)(JMW), 2025 WL 552744 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 19, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the (Caucasian) plaintiff’s claim of race-based hostile work environment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After summarizing the black-letter law,…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; “Whitey”, “Asshole”, etc Comments Insufficient
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In Ronen, Matthew v. Redroute, Inc. et al, 21-CV-2732 (RPK) (RML), 2025 WL 296551 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 24, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of “associational discrimination” asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: Ronen has adequately pleaded a claim for discrimination based on association…

Read More Husband’s Associational Discrimination Claim, Based on Wife’s Pregnancy, Survives Dismissal
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In Separ v. County of Nassau, 2025 WL 51206 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 8, 2025), the court denied defendant’s motion to enforce a settlement agreement/breach of the settlement agreement. The court outlined the facts as follows: The parties achieved a settlement in principle in this employment discrimination case during a settlement conference held before the undersigned on…

Read More Discrimination Plaintiff’s Failure to Sign Confidentiality & Non-Disparagement Acknowledgment Renders Settlement Agreement Ineffective
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In Sanders v. SUNY Downstate Medical Center et al, 22 CV 4139 (KAM) (CLP), 2024 WL 4680489 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 5, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted plaintiff’s motion to amend her complaint to add an allegation of constructive discharge. From the decision: To establish constructive discharge, a plaintiff must show that rather than discharging her…

Read More Constructive Discharge Claim Plausibly Alleged, Continued Employment For 3.5 Years Notwithstanding
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In Hatcher v. New York City Department of Education, 23-cv-3510 (NRM) (LB), 2024 WL 4333643 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 27, 2024), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a race-based hostile work environment claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York…

Read More Speech Therapy Teacher Sufficiently Alleges Race-Based Hostile Work Environment, Court Holds
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In Allen v. New York State et al, 2:24-cv-02800 (JS) (JMW), 2024 WL 4654220 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 1, 2024), the court denied defendants’ motion to stay this action in which plaintiff asserts claims of hostile work environment, sexual harassment, and retaliation. After summarizing the legal standard and the factors considered by courts – namely, “(1) whether…

Read More Court Declines to Stay Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Case
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In Moore v. Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace et al, 22-cv-544 (BMC), 2024 WL 4350691 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 30, 2024), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under 42 USC § 1981. From the decision: I will assume arguendo, as some district courts within this Circuit have suggested, that “severe and pervasive” may…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed, in Light of “Wrath of God” Employer Response
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In Maria Isabel Alvarado Navarro et al v. Building Service, Inc. et al, 23-CV-7343 (ARR) (MMH), 2024 WL 4225747 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 18, 2024), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s discrimination and hostile work environment claims. After concluding that it was unable to draw an inference of discrimination – as to plaintiff’s claims that defendant Lupe…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on National Origin & Immigration Status, Dismissed
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