NYS Human Rights Law

by

In Greenberg v Seton Education Partners, No. 600733/2024, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 25026, 2025 WL 396770 (Sup Ct, Jan. 30, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged claim(s) of failure to accommodate religion. From the decision: In this case, the Court finds that the Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint, as amplified in her proposed…

Read More Failure to Accommodate Religion Claim Sufficiently Alleged; Termination Shortly Followed Absence For Simchas Torah
Share This:
by

In Kulick v. Gordon Property Group, LLC et al, 23 Civ. 9928 (KPF), 2025 WL 448333 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 7, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged sex-based discrimination claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: The Court has analyzed Plaintiff’s NYSHRL and NYCHRL discrimination…

Read More Sex Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Include Gender Stereotypical Nicknames and Insults of Weight and Appearance
Share This:
by

In Ding v. Structure Therapeutics, Inc. et al, Case No. 24-cv-01368-JSC, 2025 WL 405699 (N.D.Cal. Feb. 5, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff plausibly stated a claim for hostile work environment sexual harassment under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws, and therefore, denied defendants’ motion to compel arbitration, since plaintiff’s…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claims Sufficiently Alleged; Allegations Included Sexist Comments About “Aggressiveness” and Belittling Domestic Violence Experience
Share This:
by

In Schoenadel v. YouGov America Inc., 22-cv-10236 (AS), 2025 WL 371089 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 3, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s retaliation claims 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. Here held the…

Read More Retaliation Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Adverse Actions Included Exclusion From Meetings
Share This:
by

In Schoenadel v. YouGov America Inc., 22-cv-10236 (AS), 2025 WL 371089 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 3, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s gender-based discrimination claims 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 Citing “Mama Fratelli” Nickname, Court Denies Summary Judgment on Title VII Gender Discrimination/Constructive Discharge Claim
Share This:
by

In Puris v. TikTok Inc., 24cv944 (DLC), 2025 WL 343905 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 30, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment (sexual harassment) 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…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claims Against TikTok Survive Dismissal
Share This:
by

In Motayne v. Specialty Food Association et al, No. 157671/2023, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 50091(U), 2025 WL 339817 (Sup Ct, Jan. 23, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of race-based discriminatory termination asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Here, defendants do…

Read More Race-Based Discriminatory Termination Claims Survive Dismissal
Share This:
by

In Ronen, Matthew v. Redroute, Inc. et al, 21-CV-2732 (RPK) (RML), 2025 WL 296551 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 24, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of “associational discrimination” asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: Ronen has adequately pleaded a claim for discrimination based on association…

Read More Husband’s Associational Discrimination Claim, Based on Wife’s Pregnancy, Survives Dismissal
Share This:
by

In James v. Disney Studios Content, No. 159201/2022, 2025 WL 257207 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 21, 2025), the court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of retaliation under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws, on the ground that the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(2).…

Read More Disney Actor’s Discrimination Claim Survives Dismissal; Court Explains NYS and NYC Human Rights Laws’ “Impact Test”
Share This:
by

In Lopez v Trahan, No. 155637/20, 2024-04221, 3523, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 00274, 2025 WL 208694 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., Jan. 16, 2025), the Appellate Division, First Department, inter alia, unanimously affirmed the lower court’s denial of defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s national origin discrimination claims under the New York State and City Human…

Read More National Origin Discrimination, Constructive Discharge Claims Survive Dismissal; Evidence Included Remarks About Plaintiff’s Accent
Share This: