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In Harge v. The City of New York, No. 150002/2023, 2025 WL 257189 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 18, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a claim of race-based discrimination under the New York City Human Rights Law, and thus denied defendant’s motion to dismiss this claim. From the…

Read More Police Officer Sufficiently Alleges Race Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment Claims Under NYC Human Rights Law
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In Woo v. The City of New York, No. 161109/2022, 2025 WL 65869 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 8, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s quid pro quo and hostile work environment sexual harassment claims. From the decision: The issue in a quid pro quo sexual harassment case brought…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Included That Punitive Assignments Followed Drink Request Refusal
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In Roberson v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., No. 151841/2023, 2024 WL 4957306 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Nov. 30, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of hostile work environment asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Here, Roberson…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Include Isolation Following Expression of Concerns About Race-Based Pay
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In Adeniji v. The City of New York, No. 152761/2022, 2024 WL 4939661 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Nov. 26, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Plaintiff opposes this prong of…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Include a History of Maltreatment and Denied Opportunities
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In Hussain v. The City of New York, No. 159834/2022, 2024 WL 4100982 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Sep. 06, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s retaliation claims asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: Defendants move to dismiss plaintiff’s retaliation claims. Under the…

Read More Retaliation Claims, Arising From Religious Discrimination Complaint, Sufficiently Alleged
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In Hussain v. The City of New York, No. 159834/2022, 2024 WL 4100982 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Sep. 06, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: Defendants move to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work…

Read More Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims, Asserted Under the NYC Human Rights Law, Survive Dismissal
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In Shin v. The New York City Dept. of Educ., No. 155437/2018, 2023 WL 6465000 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Oct. 03, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s gender discrimination claim asserted under the New York City (but not the New York State) Human Rights Law. From…

Read More Gender Discrimination Claims Survive Against NYC Dept. of Education Under the New York City Human Rights Law
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In Grainger v. The City of New York, No. 158264/2019, 2023 WL 2307497 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 27, 2023), the court denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on on plaintiff’s (a lesbian woman) claims that she was subject to discrimination based on her sexual orientation. After summarizing the “black letter” law, the…

Read More Sexual Orientation Discrimination Claim Survives Summary Judgment Against the City of New York
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In Hand v. New York City Dept. of Correction, No. 160415/2019, 2020 WL 6746634 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Nov. 16, 2020), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s for gender and race discrimination under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Here, a review of the complaint shows that…

Read More Gender/Race Discrimination Claims Insufficiently Alleged Against the NYC Dept. of Correction
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