Local 3621, EMS Officers Union, DC-37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO et al v. City of New York et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:18-cv-04476

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Lewis J. Liman

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  1. November 23, 2022

    EMS Workers Lose Class Cert. Bid In FDNY Bias Suit

    A group of emergency medical service workers do not have enough in common to be certified as a class in their suit alleging New York City's fire department engaged in discrimination during promotions, a New York federal judge ruled, saying evidence doesn't show a pattern of bias.

  2. June 07, 2021

    Union Calls For Judge's Recusal From FDNY Bias Suit

    A union for emergency medical service workers repeated its call Monday for a magistrate judge to recuse herself from its suit accusing the New York City Fire Department of race and gender bias, saying her past representation of the city in court could call her impartiality into question.

  3. June 03, 2021

    Union Can't Nix Evidence In FDNY Bias Suit, Judge Says

    An emergency medical service workers union can't block New York City from including evidence challenging its bid to proceed as three classes in a suit accusing the city's fire department of race and gender bias, a federal magistrate judge said.

  4. March 15, 2021

    FDNY Workers Can't Proceed As Class In Bias Suit, NYC Says

    Emergency medical service workers should not be able to proceed as three classes in their suit accusing New York City's fire department of passing over women and minority firefighters for promotions, the city told a federal judge Monday.

  5. January 19, 2021

    EMS Workers Want Class Cert. In FDNY Promotion Bias Suit

    Emergency medical service workers have urged a New York federal judge to certify several classes in their suit accusing New York City's fire department of passing over women and minority firefighters for promotions, arguing certification makes the most sense for the case.

  6. January 15, 2021

    New York City Dodges Sanctions In FDNY Promotion Bias Suit

    A New York magistrate judge has refused to sanction the Big Apple in a union's proposed class action accusing the city's fire department of passing over women and minority firefighters for promotions, ruling that the city didn't violate any court orders nor did it keep evidence under wraps.

  7. May 21, 2018

    FDNY EMS Underpromotes Women, Minorities, Suit Says

    The New York City Fire Department unfairly denies officer jobs to nonwhite and female emergency medical services workers through a "highly subjective" promotional process that leaves decisions up to their mostly white and male superiors, an emergency medical services union alleges in a proposed class action filed Monday in New York federal court.