Refusal to Engage in Cooperative Dialogue

July 8, 2023 by mjpospis

Disability-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Dismissal

In Pesantez v. The City of New York, No. 154734/2022, 2023 WL 4401359 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County July 07, 2023), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a hostile work environment claim (in part). From the decision: Plaintiff has not sufficiently plead all of his hostile work environment claims under the…

Failure to Plead “Disability” Dooms “Cooperative Dialogue” Claim Under NYC Human Rights Law

In Tarantul v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., No. 159425/2020, 2022 WL 159587 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 18, 2022), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim that defendant failed to engage in a cooperative dialogue, pertaining to an alleged disability, in violation of the New York City Human…