Notice | Filed: September 18, 2026
| Entered: September 18, 2026
Piney et al v. City Of New York et al
Labor: Fair Standards | New York Southern
Notice (Other)
NOTICE of Filing Consent to Join Forms. Document filed by Wadih Abouabdallah, Brayan Antonio, John Cannon, Randy Chow, Sophia Daly, Devon Dawkins, Arturo Delgado, Claudio Diaz, Roman Diaz, James Divino, Dominique Eveillard, M. Mostayen Faysal, Anna Garlinska, Desmond Grant, Tuhin Khan, Michael Kmiotek, Tamara Lauzier, Jason Mansour, Jose Martinez, Michael Miron, Sudan Osorio, Jaynel Pantoja, Albert Piney, John Rondon, Julio Rosa, Charlie Ruiz-Reyes, Justin Senese, Freddy Suazo, Wang Ting, Alexis Yanez, Jorge Zorrilla. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Consent to Join Forms).(Huot, Innessa)
Order | Filed: September 15, 2026
Piney et al v. City Of New York et al
Labor: Fair Standards | New York Southern
Order
ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS AND COLLECTIVE ACTION SETTLEMENT On August 12, 2026, Plaintiffs Wadih Abouabdallah ("Abouabdallah"), Randy Chow ("Chow"), Anna Garlinska ("Garlinska"), Tamara Lauzier ("L auzier"), and Justin Senese ("Senese"), on behalf of themselves and the proposed Class (collectively, "Plaintiffs"), filed a motion for preliminary approval of Plaintiffs' Settlement with Defendant Manhattan High School for Girls ("Manhattan HS or "Defendant") (together with Plaintiffs, the "Parties"). In doing so, Plaintiffs requested certification of a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 ("Rule 23") class action and final certific ation of the FLSA collective action, for settlement purposes only, and sought approval of a settlement on behalf of these putative class members ("Class Members"). The Court has considered Plaintiffs' request for approval of a Rule 23 class pursuant to Rule 23(e) and collective certification for settlement purposes only, and the Manhattan HS Settlement Agreement and Release ("Manhattan HS Agreement"), filed in its final form on August 12, 2026, and the Declaration of Inn essa M. Huot ("Huot Decl."), and hereby finds and orders as follows: I. Preliminary Approval of Settlement 1. Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Order (the "Preliminary Approval Order") will have the same mean ing as defined in the Manhattan HS Agreement, filed on August 12, 2026. As further set forth in this Order, The Court will conduct a Fairness Hearing pursuant to Rule 23(e) (2) on March 2, 2027 at 10:00 a.m. ET, Courtroom 18A, 500 Pearl Street, New Y ork, NY 10007 for the purposes of: (a) hearing any timely and properly filed objections; (b) making a final determination as to the fairness, adequacy, and reasonableness of the Manhattan HS Agreement terms and procedures; (c) fixing the amount of a ttorneys' fees and litigation costs and expenses to Class Counsel and the service payments to Plaintiffs Abouabdallah, Chow, Garlinska, Lauzier, and Senese; and (d) entering Judgment, if appropriate. The Fairness Hearing may be continued withou t further notice to the Class Members. Plaintiffs shall file their motion for final approval of the Manhattan HS Settlement, and Class Counsel shall file their motion for attorneys' fees and litigation costs and expenses, and service payments within 150 days of this Order. (And as further set forth herein.) IT IS SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave on 9/15/2026) (ar)