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Area Cidery Fires Employees, Apologizes For Allegations Of Racial Bias Area Cidery Fires Employees, Apologizes For Allegations Of Racial Bias
Area Cidery Fires Employees, Apologizes For Allegations Of Racial Bias A popular cidery has issued a public apology and fired several employees at its Hudson Valley location after allegations of racial profiling against African American patrons who were trying to celebrate a marriage proposal. A couple alleged that security guards at the cidery in Orange County, located in Walden, racially profiled them on Sunday, July 21, as they sought to celebrate what should have been a happy occasion. On Facebook, Marie Cleone detailed her experience, which began with a Manhattan brunch for her fiancé’s 40th birthday party and ended with the group of eight heading north t…

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Mount Vernon Mayor Accuses Bank In Westchester Of Racial Profiling Mount Vernon Mayor Accuses Bank In Westchester Of Racial Profiling
Mount Vernon Mayor Accuses Bank In Westchester Of Racial Profiling Click here for an updated story: Chase Counters Claim Of Racial Profiling At White Plains Branch By Mount Vernon Mayor A mayor in Westchester is claiming he was the target of racial profiling for “banking while black” at a local Chase Bank in White Plains. Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas said that police were called to a JP Morgan Chase office on Westchester Avenue on Thursday, April 25, while he was waiting to see a bank official. According to an email from one of Thomas’ spokespeople, bank officials summoned the police on him, his chief of staff, and a Mount Vernon Police det…

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