Race / Color Discrimination Sufficiently Alleged

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In Flanagan et al v. Girl Scouts of Suffolk County, Inc. et al, 23-7900-cv, 2025 WL 1501751 (2d Cir. May 27, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff plausibly alleged race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL), and vacated a lower court order holding otherwise.…

Read More Race Discrimination Claims Plausibly Alleged; 2nd Circuit Vacates Dismissal
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In Smith v. The City of New York, No. 153568/2024, 2025 WL 1446812 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County May 20, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of race and arrest-history discrimination. From the decision: Under both the NYSHRL and NYCHRL, a complaint need only “give fair notice of…

Read More Race and Arrest Record Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal Against the City of New York
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In Pierluissi v. City of New York, No. 153439/2023, 2025 WL 928908 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 26, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race discrimination claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Both the NYSHRL and NYCHRL make it unlawful…

Read More Race Discrimination Claims Sufficiently Alleged; “Dumb Spic” Comments Supported Claim
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In Pierluissi v. City of New York, No. 153439/2023, 2025 WL 928908 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 26, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race & national origin-based hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. In general, plaintiff alleges that defendants…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims, Based on Race & National Origin, Survive Dismissal
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In Hayes v. G&E Real Estate Management Services d/b/a Newmark, 24-cv-01459 (ER), 2025 WL 769162 (S.D.N.Y. March 11, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of race discrimination asserted under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Plaintiff asserted that she suffered discrimination in the form of various “adverse employment actions” – including…

Read More Race Discrimination Claim Survives Dismissal; Under Muldrow Standard, Negative Performance Review Was an “Adverse Employment Action”
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In Little v. R & L Carriers, Inc. et al, 3:24-CV-836 (OAW), 2025 WL 744276 (D.Conn. March 9, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To establish a hostile work environment claim under…

Read More Title VII Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Dismissal
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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
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In Harge v. The City of New York, No. 150002/2023, 2025 WL 257189 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 18, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a claim of race-based discrimination under the New York City Human Rights Law, and thus denied defendant’s motion to dismiss this claim. From the…

Read More Police Officer Sufficiently Alleges Race Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment Claims Under NYC Human Rights Law
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In Rogers v. Voltron Data, Inc., Civil Action No.: 24-84 (RC), 2024 WL 4647644 (D.D.C. Oct. 31, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of race and sex discrimination. The court rejected defendants’ allegations that plaintiff’s allegations were “threadbare”, explaining: [Plaintiff’s complaint] contains plenty of “factual matter, accepted as true,…

Read More Race, Sex Discrimination Claims Plausibly Alleged; Allegations Include Less Compensation and Denial of Superior Title
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In Ajala v. Limani 51, LLC, No. 153433/2023, 2024 WL 5169823 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Dec. 17, 2024), the court held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a hostile work environment claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: A racially hostile work environment exists when the workplace is…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Dismissal; Court Cites Sex and Race-Based Comments
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