MEMORANDUM & ORDER Plaintiff Carmen A. Vives commenced the above-captioned action on October 26, 2015 against Defendants the New York City Department of Corrections (the “DOC”), the City of New York, Gregory McLaughlin, Joseph Ponte, and Sandra Lowe. (Compl., Docket Entry No. 1.) Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint on July 6, 2016, alleging claims for failure to accommodate and discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq. (“ADA”), retaliation under the Family Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. §2601 et seq. (“FMLA”),1 and gender and racial/ethnic discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §2000 et seq. (“Title VII”). (Am. Compl., Docket Entry No. 14.) Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.2 (Defs. Mot. for Summ. J. (“Defs. Mot.”), Docket Entry No. 35; Mem. in Supp. of Defs. Mot. (“Defs. Mem.”), Docket Entry No. 35-32.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court denies Defendants’ motion as to Plaintiff’s ADA and Title VII discrimination claims, and grants Defendants’ motion as to Plaintiff’s FMLA claim.I. Backgrounda. Plaintiff’s employment at the DOC and her injuryPlaintiff identifies as a 54-year-old Hispanic female. (Am. Compl. 7.) Plaintiff was employed by the DOC as a corrections officer from July 2, 1987 until her termination on September 9, 2014. (Defs. L. R. 56.1 Stmt. of Undisputed Material Facts (“Defs. 56.1″) 2, Docket Entry No. 35-31; Pl. L. R. 56.1 Stmt. of Undisputed Material Facts (“Pl. 56.1″) 2, Docket Entry No. 37.) From 2000 to the date of Plaintiff’s injury, Plaintiff worked in the laundry on Rikers Island as part of the DOC’s Support Services Division. (Defs. 56.1 3; Pl. 56.1
3, 136, 137; Defs. Response to Pl. 56.1 (“Defs. Reply 56.1″) 136, Docket No. 40.) “In the laundry, inmates launder uniforms, linen and bedding” for use by the DOC and other city agencies, and Plaintiff and other corrections officers were “responsible to oversee the inmates doing the work.” (Aff. of Carmen A. Vives (“Vives Aff.”)
