September 24, 2024
A New York federal judge approved on Tuesday emergency medical services workers to proceed as a class in their lawsuit alleging New York City paid them less in relation to their almost exclusively white, male counterparts at the fire department, despite differences in rank and responsibility.
March 05, 2024
The City of New York cannot escape claims that it discriminatorily favors its mostly white staff of firefighters over its mostly non-white emergency medical workers, as a federal judge held that the two categories of workers were arguably similar.
January 06, 2023
An attorney for New York City told a federal judge Friday to reconsider her designation of two discrimination suits from members of the same American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees affiliate as related, arguing the cases have different facts and parties with distinct jobs.
December 08, 2022
Two New York City emergency service workers' unions and over two dozen first responders launched a proposed class action accusing the city of underpaying emergency medical technicians and paramedics relative to their almost exclusively white, male counterparts at the fire department.