NYS Human Rights Law

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In Keeney v. New York-Presbyterian Queens, No. 702508/2019, 2023 WL 5979409, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 33090(U) (N.Y. Sup Ct, Queens County Aug. 16, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of discrimination and hostile work environment asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. As to…

Read More Discrimination and Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Summary Judgment Against NY Presbyterian Queens
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In Sokolovsky v. Silver Lake Specialized Care Center et al, 21-CV-01598 (MKB), 2023 WL 5977298 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 14, 2023), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged claims of hostile work environment (based on her national origin and religion) under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New…

Read More National Origin, Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Sufficiently Alleged, Court Holds
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In Herrera v. The City of New York, No. 152586/2022, 2023 WL 5805938 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Sep. 07, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s age discrimination claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. Among other things, this decision illustrates the difference between federal discrimination…

Read More Aspiring NYPD Officer’s Age Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal Against the City of New York
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In Collymore v. City of New York et al, 16-CV-8270-LTS-OTW, 2023 WL 5834784 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 8, 2023), the court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sexual harassment claims. Under the operative statutes, plaintiff was required to show that the discriminatory harassment she experienced was “because of” a protected characteristic – here, sex. Applying…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claims Dismissed; Alleged Touching Was Not Sex-Based
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In Samuels v. City of New York et al, 22-cv-1904 (JGK), 2023 WL 5717892 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 5, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s gender-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1954, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York…

Read More Gender-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Include Physical and Verbal Harassment
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In a recent case, Symotyuk-Knoll v. Healthequity, Inc., 1:21-CV-08348 (ALC), 2023 WL 5576405 (S.D.N.Y. August 29, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s retaliation claims 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.…

Read More Retaliation Claims Sufficiently Alleged; Termination Followed Pregnancy Leave Request
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In Lazarine v. Allied Universal Event Services, No. 153143/2023, 2023 WL 4546517, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 32374(U) (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County July 14, 2023), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s claims of retaliation asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Counts IV, V, and VIII of…

Read More Retaliation Claims Dismissed Absent Allegation of “Protected Activity”
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In Lax v. The City University of New York, No. 504682/2021, 2023 WL 5485819 (N.Y. Sup Ct, Kings County Aug. 23, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s religion-based hostile work environment claims. From the decision: CUNY contends that plaintiffs’ hostile work environment claims fail to state viable causes of action…

Read More Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Sufficiently Alleged Against City University of New York, Court Rules
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In Moody, Amanda v. Empire Hotel Development, Inc., et al, No. 20-CV-02203 (PMH), 2023 WL 5480729 (S.D.N.Y. August 24, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment as to plaintiff’s race-based discrimination (demotion) claim. From the decision: Moody also contends that she was demoted in mid-July 2019. Moody testified that a few weeks…

Read More Race-Based Discrimination (Demotion Only) Claims Survive Summary Judgment
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In Newman v. Intern. Institute for the Brain (Ibrain), No. 150459/2023, 2023 WL 5350997 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Aug. 16, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s gender-based hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Under the NYSHRL,…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Sufficiently Alleged Against Institute for the Brain
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