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Muslim Police Chief Put On Administrative Leave After Being Targeted In Racist Remarks: Report Muslim Police Chief Put On Administrative Leave After Being Targeted In Racist Remarks: Report
Muslim Police Chief Put On Administrative Leave After Being Targeted In Racist Remarks: Report Ahmed Naga, the Long Hill Township Police Chief who recently filed a notice of intent to sue the town due to alleged workplace discrimination and racism, has been put on administrative leave just days after a private investigator unearthed and submitted evidence of a committee member making racist remarks, NJ.com reports. Naga was suspended with pay as of Thursday after Patrick Toscano, his lawyer, submitted clips where township committee member Brendan Rae told a private investigator under him in a sworn statement that the chief had been called a Muslim ethnic slur, according to the outlet.…

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by Valerie Musson
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Paterson Officer Who Said She Was Forced To Retire After Shooting Settles With City For $185K Paterson Officer Who Said She Was Forced To Retire After Shooting Settles With City For $185K
Paterson Officer Who Said She Was Forced To Retire After Shooting Settles With City For $185K A former Paterson police officer who claimed she was forced to retire after shooting a civilian in a confrontation has settled a discrimination lawsuit against the city. Haydee Santana, 53, claimed she was treated differently from male colleagues in similar circumstances after she shot an unarmed man who authorities said charged at her in front of his children. Santana, who said she was forced to retire on a disability pension in 2018 after 24 years with the Paterson Police Department, settled her suit for $185,000, city officials confirmed. The civilian she shot, Larry Bouie, settled a su…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hudson Dry Cleaner Owner Sexually Harassed Lesbian Worker, NJ Says Hudson Dry Cleaner Owner Sexually Harassed Lesbian Worker, NJ Says
Hudson Dry Cleaner Owner Sexually Harassed Lesbian Worker, NJ Says The owner of a Bayonne dry cleaners discriminated against a lesbian employee by mocking her in front of workers and customers, state authorities said Tuesday. The counter worker quit her job at Professional Touch Dry Cleaning & Apparel Repairs after two years because the owner “subjected her to a hostile working environment by openly disclosing, discussing, and deriding her sexual orientation,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Throughout her employment there, the owner – whom Grewal didn’t identify by name – “repeatedly made discriminatory comments about the fact that she i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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LAWSUIT: Montclair Hair Salon Manager Says Owner Sexually Assaulted Then Fired Her LAWSUIT: Montclair Hair Salon Manager Says Owner Sexually Assaulted Then Fired Her
Lawsuit: Montclair Hair Salon Manager Says Owner Sexually Assaulted Then Fired Her The former employee of a popular Montclair salon has filed a lawsuit alleging that the owner sexually assaulted her and then fired her after she complained about it. The woman -- identified only as "Jane Doe" -- says she was hired as a secretary at Bangz Salon and Wellness Spa on S. Fullerton Avenue in January 2018, then promoted to manager the following year. The suit accuses salon co-owner Richard Cronk of exposing himself and placing the woman's hand on his genitals on Oct. 16, 2020.  What ensued were months of sexual harassment and workplace banter, that made the woman "uncomforta…

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by Cecilia Levine
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6 Former Sussex County Restaurant Workers Allege Sex Abuse By Owner In Scathing $15M Lawsuit 6 Former Sussex County Restaurant Workers Allege Sex Abuse By Owner In Scathing $15M Lawsuit
6 Former Sussex County Restaurant Workers Allege Sex Abuse By Owner In Scathing $15M Lawsuit A lawsuit seeking $15 million alleges the owner of an upscale Sussex County restaurant sexually harassed and abused six of his former employees. Filed Monday in Sussex County Superior Court, the suit calls Sparta's Mohawk House owner Stephen Scro a "sexual predator," and alleges his employees were subjected to countless acts of sex abuse and illegal discrimination for years. Scro is accused of creating a culture of intimidation and threatened his employees that in Sparta he had close connections with many powerful people, including the Sparta police department, judges and loc…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Halloween Hitler': Ocean County Warranty Firm Accused Of Racism Faces 2nd Lawsuit 'Halloween Hitler': Ocean County Warranty Firm Accused Of Racism Faces 2nd Lawsuit
'Halloween Hitler': Ocean County Warranty Firm Accused Of Racism Faces 2nd Lawsuit A Toms River car warranty company sued last month for having a racist work environment was hit with a second lawsuit this week alleging its CEO gave a Nazi salute in an Adolph Hitler Halloween costume and mounted a Mexican caricature while posing as President Trump. Motor Vehicle Assurance CEO Daniel Rodd “dressed up as the syphilitic failed artist and leader of the Third Reich for Halloween one year and gave ‘Heil Hitler’ salute," sales representative Kevin Marshall of Seaside Heights, alleges in a lawsuit filed in Ocean County Superior Court on Monday. "In fact, Defendant Rodd was so prou…

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by Jon Craig