In Coley v. Lead Sec. Group Inc., No. 152480/2023, 2025 WL 317653 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 22, 2025), the court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s employment discrimination claims. This decision illustrates the relatively low bar defining a plaintiff’s pleading obligation under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws: On…
Read More Employment Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal, Court HoldsIn Walls v. City of New York, No. 156492/2024, 2025 WL 697108 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 04, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim on statute of limitations grounds. In doing so, the court applied the “continuing violation doctrine”: Defendants argue that Plaintiff’s claims…
Read More Applying “Continuing Violation Doctrine”, Court Rejects Statute of Limitations Challenge to Hostile Work Environment ClaimsIn Keenan v. Bloomberg, LP, No. 155679/2024, 2025 WL 675170 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 03, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s age- and sex-based discrimination and hostile work environment, and retaliation, claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Both the…
Read More News Anchor Sufficiently Alleges Age, Sex Discrimination Against Bloomberg LP, Court HoldsIn Gahfi v. New York City Department of Education, 23-cv-1782 (BMC), 2025 WL 675933 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 28, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that the plaintiff sufficiently alleged a claim of religion-based discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: “At the pleadings stage … a plaintiff must allege…
Read More Religious Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal, Court HoldsIn Lilly v. The State of New York, No. 155539/2024, 2025 WL 592918 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 24, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of disability discrimination asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision; To state an employment discrimination…
Read More Disability Discrimination Claims Sufficiently AllegedIn Karupaiyan v. Experis US Inc., ManpowerGroup US Inc et al, 2025 WL 615179 (2d Cir. 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s various discrimination claims, on the ground that plaintiff was an independent contractor, not an “employee.” From the decision: The district court also…
Read More Discrimination Claims Dismissed; Plaintiff Sought Employment as an “Independent Contractor”, Not An “Employee”In Delancey v. Justin Wells, Fox Corporation, and Fox News Network, LLC, 23 Civ. 10357 (AT), 2025 WL 579971 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 21, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment sexual harassment asserted under the New York State Human Rights Law (which, explained the court, employs the…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Sufficiently Alleged Against FoxIn Cronemeyer v. The City of New York, No. 151551/2023, 2025 WL 574314 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 21, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of religious discrimination under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: The State and City Human Rights…
Read More Vaccine-Related Constructive Discharge Claim DismissedIn McQueen v. City of New York, No. 155209/2023, 2025 WL 554518 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 18, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s disability discrimination claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. After summarizing the black-letter law, the court applied it to the…
Read More Recovering Alcoholic Was Not “Disabled”; Court Dismisses Disability Discrimination ClaimsIn Martino v. Chenel Capital, LLC et al, No. 2023–04316, 3710, 2025 WL 516143 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., Feb. 18, 2025), the Appellate Division, First Department unanimously reversed a lower court’s decision that the plaintiff failed to establish defendants’ liability for hostile work environment, sex discrimination, and retaliation under the New York State and City Human…
Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Sufficiently Presented at Inquest; Contrary Decision Reversed