Appeals Court: Former NYPD Terrorism Unit Lieutenant's Discrimination Claims Don't 'Rise to Level' of 'Adverse Employment Actions'

The Appellate Division, First Department court wrote in part that a "stray remark" allegedly said to the lieutenant by a former superior officer that he was "old enough to retire" failed to, "without more, give rise to an inference of ageist bias."

October 18, 2022 at 01:48 PM

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Employment Law

Jason Grant
Staff reporter

A state appeals court has thrown out a former New York Police Department lieutenant's age discrimination and related claims, writing that his internal suspension after being arrested for alleged domestic violence, as well as police department investigations into several incidents of alleged misconduct, don't "rise to the level of actionable adverse employment actions."