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In Matias v. Montefiore Medical Center et al, No. 20-CV-2849 (VEC), 2022 WL 4448585 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 23, 2022), the court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of religion-based hostile work environment. From the decision: Defendants argue that Plaintiff has not identified any sufficiently severe or pervasive statements or conduct that would constitute…

Read More Catholic’s Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; “Run of the Mill” Workplace Disputes Were Not Actionable
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In White v. Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority et al, 18 Civ. 3627 (GBD), 2022 WL 4227289 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 13, 2022), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim. Applying the law, the court held: After reviewing the entire record and assessing the facts…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed Against MABSTOA
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In Ball v. Marriott International, Inc., No. 19-cv-10593 (LJL), 2022 WL 4133207 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 12, 2022), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This decision is instructive as to how courts address the scenario…

Read More Waitress’s Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim, Based on Alleged Conduct by Hotel Guest, Not Imputed to Marriott
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In Talbott-Serrano v. Iona College et al, No. 21-CV-1055 (CS), 2022 WL 3718346 (S.D.N.Y. August 29, 2022), the court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s disability-based hostile work environment claim asserted under the Americans with Disabilities Act. This case illustrates the subtle, yet crucial, distinction between a work environment that may “hostile” in…

Read More Disability-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; “Discourteous” and “Unpleasant” Conduct Held Insufficient
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In Ochoa v. New York City Department of Education, 20-cv-9014 (ALC), 2022 WL 3646208 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 24, 2022), the court dismissed plaintiff’s claims of race discrimination asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law. Plaintiff, a teacher,…

Read More NYC Teacher’s Title VII Race Discrimination Claim, Based on Accent Mocking, Dismissed
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In Walters v. Starbucks Corp. et al, 2022 WL 3684901 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 25, 2022), the court held that the plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim was subject to mandatory arbitration. The court explained: Walters argues that federal law prohibits, rather than requires, the enforcement of the Arbitration Agreement. Under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claims Against Starbucks Must Be Arbitrated, Court Holds
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In Syeed et al v. Bloomberg L.P., 1:20-cv-7464-GHW, 2022 WL 3447987 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 17, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied (in part) defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of retaliation asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws.[1]The court dismissed plaintiff’s claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of…

Read More Retaliation Claims Sufficiently Alleged, in Part, Against Bloomberg L.P.
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In Harris v. N.Y.C. Human Resources Administration et al, 20 Civ. 2011 (JPC), 2022 WL 3100663 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 4, 2022), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged age-based hostile work environment claims (in part) asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York…

Read More Age-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive, in Part, Against the N.Y.C. Human Resources Administration
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In Doe v. Benjamin Zaremski M.D., P.C. et al, 21 Civ. 3187 (ER), 2022 WL 2966041 (S.D.N.Y. July 27, 2022), the court held that the applicable standard for making our a claim under the New York City Human Rights Law’s “public accommodation discrimination” provision, N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 8-107(4), is that the aggrieved person was…

Read More Court Broadly Interprets the NYC Human Rights Law’s Public Accommodation Discrimination Provisoin
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In  DeLaRosa v. New York City Department of Education et al, 21-CV-4051 (JPO), 2022 WL 2752589 (S.D.N.Y. July 14, 2022), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s claim(s) of hostile work environment under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law. (The court…

Read More Age-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed Against NYC Dept. of Education
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