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7858. JOYCE ASABOR, plf-ap, v. ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK def-res — Aria Ugo LLP, Brooklyn (Ifey Ugokwe of counsel), for ap — Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, New York (Jean Y. Park of counsel), for res — Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard F. Braun, J.), entered November 21, 2011, which, to the extent appealed from, granted so much of defendants’ motion for summary judgment as sought to dismiss the sixth cause of action (retaliatory discharge) and to dismiss the complaint in its entirety as against the individual defendants, reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion denied.

On July 6, 2004, plaintiff, Joyce Asabor, a Nigerian-born black woman, was hired to work as a mental health nurse at the Beacon of Hope House (Beacon), a defendant, and inpatient adult mental health facility located in Staten Island. Beacon is an operating division of defendant Catholic Charities Community Services, which, along with defendant Archdiocese of New York, funds health care services at a number of facilities, including Beacon.

 
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