NYS Human Rights Law

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In a recent case, Ilana Gamza-Machado De Souza v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., et al, 21 Civ. 5553 (LGS), 2023 WL 2691458 (S.D.N.Y. March 29, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s (a Jewish woman) claims of race- and religion-based discriminatory termination, in violation of Title VII…

Read More Jewish Employee’s Race/Religion-Based Discriminatory Termination Claim Survives Summary Judgment
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In Biondolillo v. Livingston Correctional Facility, 2023 WL 2612508 (W.D.N.Y. March 23, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration and reinstated plaintiff’s claim of pregnancy discrimination asserted under the New York State Human Rights Law. The crux of the court’s decision is its determination that plaintiff clearly alleged, in her complaint, that…

Read More Pregnancy Discrimination Claim Resurrected on Reconsideration; Eleventh Amendment Defense Inapplicable
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In Summerville v. Tradeweb Markets, LLC, No. 160245/2021, 2023 WL 2613131 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 23, 2023), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s race- and gender-based discrimination and hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York State and New York City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Plaintiff alleges that the…

Read More Race/Gender Discrimination & Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed
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In White–Barnes v New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, No. 535384, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 01561, 2023 WL 2602608 (N.Y.A.D. 3 Dept. Mar. 23, 2023), the court modifying and reversing a lower order dismissing, on summary judgment, plaintiff’s claim of an age-based hostile work environment leading to her constructive discharge. In sum,…

Read More “Grandma” Comments Result in Age-Based Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Constructive Discharge Claims Being Resurrected From Summary Judgment Dismissal
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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 Eustache v. Bd. of Educ. of the City School Dist. of the City of New York, No. 153619/2019, 2023 WL 2307500 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County March 1, 2023), the court granted plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration, finding that the court previously erred in dismissing plaintiff’s cause of action for retaliation under the New…

Read More Retaliation Claim Sufficiently Alleged; Suspension Closely Followed Complaint of Sexual Harassment
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In Williams v. New York City Housing Authority, No. 21-1527-cv, 2023 WL 2171483 (2d Cir. Feb. 23, 2023), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the district court’s order granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim. From the decision: The district court erred when it identified…

Read More Second Circuit Revives Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim From Summary Judgment Dismissal Against NYC Housing Authority
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In Jahan v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., No. 158707/2021, 2023 WL 173200, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 30107(U) (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 11, 2023), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff – a woman of Indian ethnicity, Muslim religion, and Bangladesh national origin – sufficiently alleged a hostile work environment…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based in Part on Alleged Harassment During Ramadan, Survives Dismissal
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The anti-discrimination laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law prohibit (inter alia) discrimination based on “national origin.” See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e–2(a)(1). The regulations flesh out this aspect of Title VII as follows: The Commission defines…

Read More “National Origin” Discrimination Under Title VII Etc.
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In Lewkowicz v. Terence Cardinal Cook Health Center et al, No. 153100/20, 17046, 2021-04033, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 00061, 2023 WL 138824 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept. Jan. 10, 2023), the New York Appellate Division, First Department affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint, which alleged age discrimination under the New York State and City Human…

Read More Age Discrimination Claim Properly Dismissed, First Department Holds
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