Court: NY Supreme Kings

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In Asad v. Mahoney et al, No. 9686/2011, 2023 WL 4565032, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 32625(U) (N.Y. Sup Ct, Kings County July 17, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiffs’ race-based hostile work environment claim under the New York City Human Rights (but not the New York State Human…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Allegations Included Threat of Violence, Derogatory Language, and Shorting Work Hours
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In McIntosh v City of New York, No. 505675/2022, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 50761(U), 2023 WL 4753854 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Kings Cty. July 10, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. This decision operates as a…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed Against the City of New York
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In Rogoff v. Long Island University, No. 510388/2019, 2023 WL 4365404 (N.Y. Sup Ct, Kings County July 06, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of retaliation asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision. Likewise, the record is adequate for plaintiff’s…

Read More Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Demotion Closely Followed Complaint of Age Discrimination
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In Alhaj v New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, No. 501052/2016, 2022 N.Y. Slip Op. 22318, 2022 WL 7256572 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Kings Cty. Oct. 10, 2022), the court denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race, national origin, and religion-based discrimination claims. From the decision: This court finds that Chaikin’s comment that…

Read More Citing 9/11 Comment, Court Denies Summary Judgment on Discrimination Claim Asserted by Syrian Muslim Plaintiff
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In Chen v. Jewish Bd. of Family and Children’s Services, Inc., No. 525625/18, 2022 WL 1540178 (N.Y. Sup Ct, Kings County May 13, 2022), the court dismissed, on summary judgment, plaintiff’s claims of gender discrimination and hostile work environment asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. As to plaintiff’s discrimination claim, the court…

Read More Sex/Gender-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; “Insensitive” Comments Amounted to “Petty Slights and Trivial Inconveniences”
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In Shibetti v. Restaurant, No. 517343/20, 2022 WL 1199333 (N.Y. Sup Ct, Kings County Apr. 21, 2022), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiffs sufficiently alleged claims of sex (including pregnancy) discrimination, sexual harassment, hostile work environment, and retaliation under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: Sexual harassment “is one species…

Read More Sexual Harassment, Pregnancy Discrimination, Retaliatoin Claims Sufficiently Alleged by Brooklyn Diner Employees
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In Omyla v. Smiletech, Inc., No. 517483/2021, 2022 WL 524944 (N.Y. Sup Ct, Kings County Feb. 14, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied the individual defendant’s (Ifraim Agababayev) motion to dismiss discrimination and harassment claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. In this case, plaintiff (a dental technician) asserts causes…

Read More Discrimination, Sexual Harassment Claims Sufficiently Alleged Against Individual Defendant, Court Holds
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In Xu v. Omnicom Group Inc., No. 518453/2019, 2022 WL 135325, 2022 N.Y. Slip Op. 30133(U) (N.Y. Sup Ct, Kings County Jan. 06, 2022), the court granted an individual defendant’s (John Wren) motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of discrimination based on race (Chinese), national origin (China), disability, and age. This case is instructive as to…

Read More Discrimination Claims Dismissed Against, and Protective Order Issued Barring Deposition of, Individual Defendant
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In Thompson v. Americare, Inc., No. 503679/2019, 2021 WL 4654619 (N.Y. Sup Ct, Kings County Sep. 23, 2021), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s retaliation claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: Plaintiff’s disclosure to Martinez of her pregnancy is a protected activity…

Read More Retaliation Claim, Arising From Pregnancy Disclosure, Survives
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In John Doe v. The City of New York et al, 511209/2020, 2021 N.Y. Slip Op. 50916(U), 2021 WL 4468869 (Sup Ct, Sept. 29, 2021), the court held that plaintiff did not sufficiently allege a hostile work environment under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. Among plaintiff’s allegations were that “he was…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Insufficiently Alleged; Not Enough That Plaintiff “Felt Disrespected”
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