New York City Law Blog

Employment discrimination is not always a single shocking incident. In many cases, it is a series of smaller actions that slowly reveal themselves as something more sinister: targeted, discriminatory behavior against a worker. It can occur in any workplace across the United States. 

Here in New York, the city is facing a religious discrimination lawsuit from a long-serving detective. He claims he has been denied promotions and other opportunities simply because he is Muslim. 

At the conclusion of a typical lawsuit, a decision or verdict is rendered in favor of one party and against the other. If the plaintiff is the prevailing party, then the plaintiff will seek to enter a judgment against the defendant, at which point the plaintiff may begin to enforce the judgment (using the tools and methods described in many of our previous articles).  

Multiple on-air personalities at one of New York's most famous local TV stations are taking part in discrimination lawsuits against the company, arguing that management did not offer them certain opportunities because of their age and sex.

According to a report from the New York Post, five female anchors at NY1 - all over the age of 40 - filed a lawsuit in June. The lawsuit alleges that station management passed the anchors over for job opportunities in favor of other candidates, often younger women or less experienced men. This behavior, the anchors argue, amounts to sex and age discrimination. The women claim that this discriminatory behavior began when NY1's parent company, Charter Communications, merged with its founding parent company, Time Warner Cable, in 2016.

One of the most powerful tools in a judgment creditor's arsenal is the restraining notice. A restraining notice requires the party served to freeze any assets in its possession that belong or are owed to the debtor, and can be extremely effective when served to the debtor's banks or other financial institutions, as well as the debtor's clients, customers, and anyone else who has money belonging to the debtor.