NYC Human Rights Law

by

In Shkoza v. NYC Health & Hospitals Corporation, No. 20-CV-3646 (RA), 2024 WL 1116145 (S.D.N.Y. March 13, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: [Plaintiff] Shkoza also brings an underlying claim…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed; Shoulder Touching Insufficient, Court Holds
Share This:
by

In Syeed v Bloomberg L.P., No. 20, 2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 01330, 2024 WL 1097279 (N.Y. Ct. App. Mar. 14, 2024), the New York Court of Appeals, answered the following certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: Whether a nonresident plaintiff not yet employed in New York City or State…

Read More NY Court of Appeals Issues Worker-Friendly Decision as to NYC Human Rights Law’s “Impact” Requirement
Share This:
by

In Floyd v. Jewish Bd. of Family and Children’s Services, No. 155925/2019, 2024 WL 1096320 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 13, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment based on plaintiff’s sexual orientation, in violation of the New York City Human Rights…

Read More Sexual Orientation-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed
Share This:
by

In Phillips v. Fashion Institute of Technology et al, No. 23-375-cv, 2024 WL 1005500 (2d Cir. March 8, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, inter alia, vacated a lower court’s summary judgment on her retaliatory hostile work environment claims against an individual defendant who, according to plaintiff, threatened to “kill” her.…

Read More 2nd Circuit Vacates Dismissal of Black FIT Employee’s Retaliatory Hostile Work Environment Claims
Share This:
by

In Moore, Kim v. Hadestown Broadway Limited Liability Company, No. 23-CV-4837 (LAP), 2024 WL 989843 (S.D.N.Y. March 7, 2024), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (in an opinion authored by Judge Preska), inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claims. (I wrote about the court’s…

Read More Actress Plausibly Alleges Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Under NYS and NYC Human Rights Laws (But Not Title VII)
Share This:
by

In Moore, Kim v. Hadestown Broadway Limited Liability Company, No. 23-CV-4837 (LAP), 2024 WL 989843 (S.D.N.Y. March 7, 2024), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (in an opinion authored by Judge Preska), inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based discriminatory termination claims. The court discussed, and applied, the…

Read More Actress Plausibly Alleges Race-Based Discriminatory Termination, Court Holds
Share This:
by

In  Sawyers v. Christine McMahon, 1:23-cv-05494 (PAE) (SDA), 2024 WL 665681 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 29, 2024), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims. This decision, like many, illustrates that in order to be actionable, the alleged hostility must be connected to the plaintiff’s membership in a protected class (such as sex, race, etc.).…

Read More Lacking Link to Protected Class, Alleged Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed
Share This:
by

In Mitura v. Finco Services, Inc. et al, 23-CV-2879 (VEC), 2024 WL 232323 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 22, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied the defendant’s motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff’s sexual harassment claims. In sum, the court held that arbitration was barred by the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of…

Read More Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Claims Denied, Pursuant to the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021
Share This:
by

In Dedewo v. CBS Corp., No. 158386/2022, 2024 WL 184496, 2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 30217(U) (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 16, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of discrimination on the ground of “res judicata”. From the decision: As to discrimination, the elements necessary for a claim…

Read More Discrimination Claim Dismissed, on Res Judicata Grounds, Due to Federal Court Determination
Share This: