NYC Human Rights Law

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In Pinell v. Target Corp., No. 156615/2024, 2025 WL 1296296 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County May 05, 2025), the court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims of race-based public accommodation discrimination under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. The court summarized the facts, as follows: On September 28, 2023, Plaintiffs,…

Read More Plaintiffs Sufficiently Allege Race-Based Public Accommodation Discrimination Claims, Court Holds
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In Dorilus v. DCAS, No. 101225/2023, 2025 WL 1238058 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 24, 2025), the court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of religious discrimination under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: In DCAS’s supporting papers, it assumes that this cause of action is…

Read More Religious Discrimination Claim Dismissed, in Light of Failure to Identify a “Religious Belief”
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In Smith v. National Grid USA, 2:21-cv-6899 (NJC) (LGD), 2025 WL 1248676 (E.D.N.Y. April 30, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claims. From the decision: [T]here are numerous genuine disputes of material fact concerning Smith’s hostile work environment claims—under both the higher federal standard…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Allegations Include “Shine Box” and “Monkey” Comments
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In Yuliano v. Cent. Park West Orthodontics P.C., No. 161370/2019, 2025 WL 1168160 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 22, 2025), the court denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: The City HRL must be “construed liberally…

Read More Citing Alleged Instruction to “Sexualize” Plaintiff’s Appearance, Court Allows Hostile Work Environment Claim to Proceed
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In Noh v. Admarketplace, Inc., 24 Civ. 2107 (ER), 2025 WL 965882 (S.D.N.Y. March 28, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex- and race-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and the New York State and City…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on Race and Sex, Survive Dismissal
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In Leone v. Brown Forman Corp., No. 151627/2019, 2025 WL 1146136 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 17, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to set aside a jury verdict in plaintiff’s favor on their retaliation claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: The branch of…

Read More Jury’s Verdict for Plaintiff on NYC Human Rights Law Retaliation Claim Upheld
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In Kelvin Hunter v. Debmar-Mercury LLC, No. 24-1229, 2025 WL 1089218 (2d Cir. April 8, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit addressed the issue of whether “marital status” under the NYC Human Rights Law “encompasses an employee’s marital status in relation to a particular person.” In resolving this question, the court…

Read More 2d Circuit: “Marital Status” Discrimination Under the NYC Human Rights Law Does Not Pertain to Marriage to a Specific Person
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In Khurana v. City of New York, No. 152921/2024, 2025 WL 1085410 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 10, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment under the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). From the decision: Under the NYCHRL, a plaintiff claiming a…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Sufficiently Alleged; Plaintiff Claimed She Was Denied Benefits Offered to Able-Bodied Employees
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In Khurana v. City of New York, No. 152921/2024, 2025 WL 1085410 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 10, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of disability discrimination under the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). From the decision: To state a claim of disability discrimination under…

Read More NYCHRL Disability Discrimination Claim Survives Dismissal; Denial of Overtime, Promotion Was Sufficiently Disadvantageous
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