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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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Bayonne Dry Cleaner Owner Sexually Discriminated Against Lesbian Worker, State Says Bayonne Dry Cleaner Owner Sexually Discriminated Against Lesbian Worker, State Says
Bayonne Dry Cleaner Owner Sexually Discriminated Against Lesbian Worker, State 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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