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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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LAWSUIT: Sussex County Woman Says Workplace Became Hostile After She Came Out As Transgender LAWSUIT: Sussex County Woman Says Workplace Became Hostile After She Came Out As Transgender
Lawsuit: Sussex County Woman Says Workplace Became Hostile After She Came Out As Transgender A transgender woman and water department supervisor from Sussex County is seeking a jury trial, compensatory and punitive damages in a lawsuit filed on claims that she was mistreated by her employer after announcing her intent to undergo gender reassignment surgery, a new report says. Tori-Anne Corrado, 59, a senior plant operator in Wayne Township’s Department of Water Pollution Control in Passaic County, says her coworkers continued to misgender her by calling her “sir” and that she “has been repeatedly met with disrespect and hostility by members of upper management as well as by the juni…

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by Valerie Musson
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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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by Jerry DeMarco
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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