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Hostile Work Environment

Southampton, NY
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Howard Stern, Wife’s Cat-Filled Southampton Mansion Center Of Ex-Assistant's Lawsuit Howard Stern, Wife’s Cat-Filled Southampton Mansion Center Of Ex-Assistant's Lawsuit
Howard Stern, Wife’s Cat-Filled Southampton Mansion Center Of Ex-Assistant's Lawsuit Howard Stern and his wife, Beth, have been sued by a former assistant who used to work at their Long Island mansion. Leslie Kuhn claims that the Sterns created a hostile work environment at their Southampton home, leading to her termination, according to the suit filed Sunday, April 5 in New York Supreme Court. Kuhn accuses the Sterns of running “irresponsible and untenable animal rescue and fostering operations” at the site. The Sterns have previously spoken publicly about their wide-ranging cat care efforts, with Beth Stern saying in 2019 they'd fostered more than 900 cats. After startin…

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by Joe Wilkinson
Englewood, NJ
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Englewood Health Nurse Suspended For Calling Out Doc Who Celebrated Charlie Kirk's Murder: Suit Englewood Health Nurse Suspended For Calling Out Doc Who Celebrated Charlie Kirk's Murder: Suit
Englewood Health Nurse Suspended For Calling Out Doc Who Celebrated Charlie Kirk's Murder: Suit A New Jersey nurse has filed a lawsuit claiming she was suspended without pay as retaliation after objecting to a doctor who allegedly celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk. According to the complaint filed Sept. 12 in Bergen County Superior Court, Lexi Kuenzle says Englewood Health retaliated against her by suspending her without pay after she challenged Dr. Matthew Jung for alleged remarks he made in front of staff and patients. UPDATE: Englewood Health Denies Nurse Firing, Says Doctor Also Suspended In Charlie Kirk Dispute The lawsuit alleges Dr. Jung “cheered and publicly praise…

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by Cecilia Levine
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck Cop Wins $2.1M In Retaliation Suit Teaneck Cop Wins $2.1M In Retaliation Suit
Teaneck Cop Wins $2.1M In Retaliation Suit A Bergen County jury on Thursday, Aug. 7, awarded more than $2.1 million to a veteran Teaneck police officer who claimed in a lawsuit that he was targeted, demoted, and hit with “fabricated” charges after speaking out about misconduct inside the department. Officer Glenn Coley, hired in 2002, filed his lawsuit in April 2022 against the Borough of Teaneck, the Teaneck Police Department, then Chief Glenn O’Reilly, Capt. Michael Ferrante, Sgt. Jeanette Williams, and Sgt. Kenneth Egbert.  The 53-page complaint alleges the department and borough officials discriminated against him because o…

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by Cecilia Levine
Allentown, PA
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Allentown Woman Faked Noose Incident At City Hall, DA Says Allentown Woman Faked Noose Incident At City Hall, DA Says
Allentown Woman Faked Noose Incident At City Hall, DA Says A woman who claimed a noose was left on her desk at Allentown City Hall has been accepted into a first-time offender program after investigators determined she faked the incident, prosecutors announced on Thursday, Aug. 7. Latarsha Brown, 43, of Allentown, appeared before Judge Anna-Kristie M. Marks and was admitted into the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) program for first-time offenders, according to Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan. Brown had faced two misdemeanor charges: False Reports – Reported Offense Did Not Occur and Tampering with/Fabricating Physical …

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by Jillian Pikora
Monticello-Rock Hill, NY
Politics
Video Alleges Inmate, Deputy, Undersheriff Love Triangle In Sullivan, Sheriff Candidate Says Video Alleges Inmate, Deputy, Undersheriff Love Triangle In Sullivan, Sheriff Candidate Says
Video Alleges Inmate, Deputy, Undersheriff Love Triangle In Sullivan, Sheriff Candidate Says A viral video has sparked a political firestorm in Sullivan County, with a Republican sheriff candidate calling for multiple investigations into what he alleges is a “criminal case” involving top officials at the Sheriff’s Office.  In a statement posted Thursday, June 12, Sullivan County sheriff candidate Tim Dymond demanded that Sheriff Mike Schiff immediately suspend Undersheriff Eric Chaboty, whom he referred to as “Schiff’s handpicked #2,” pending an Internal Affairs investigation.  He said the video, shared last week on social media, “shows clear evidence of an improper…

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by Ben Crnic
Deptford, NJ
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Red Lobster Line Cook Forcibly Kissed, Harassed Female Employee In Woodbury: AG Red Lobster Line Cook Forcibly Kissed, Harassed Female Employee In Woodbury: AG
Red Lobster Line Cook Forcibly Kissed, Harassed Female Employee In Woodbury: AG A Red Lobster in Gloucester County created a hostile work environment by failing to address numerous cases of workplace sexual harassment against a female employee, authorities said. The employee at the Red Lobster in Woodbury said a male line cook repeatedly harassed her while management did nothing to stop it, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. . Where an employer knows or should have known that an employee has been subjected to unwanted conduct based on gender and that such conduct gives rise to a hostile work environment, the employer must take prompt and effective remedi…

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by Sam Barron
Elizabeth, NJ
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Racial Discrimination, Sexist Language Rampant Within NJ Ironworkers Union Facing Lawsuit: AG Racial Discrimination, Sexist Language Rampant Within NJ Ironworkers Union Facing Lawsuit: AG
Racial Discrimination, Sexist Language Rampant Within NJ Ironworkers Union Facing Lawsuit: AG A local ironworkers union is facing a lawsuit filed by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office alleging discrimination against Black members. Ironworkers Local 11 — a labor union with a Springfield-based training facility — that operates a hiring hall, is accused of "systematically bypassing Black union members for jobs and giving such workers less desirable assignments," Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said on Monday, June 24. The complaint accuses the union's business manager from 2008 to 2022, Raymond Woodall, its leadership and its members of repeatedly using racist slurs…

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by Cecilia Levine
Middletown, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Police Chief Admits Coverup of Sex Affair With Subordinate NJ Police Chief Admits Coverup of Sex Affair With Subordinate
NJ Police Chief Admits Coverup of Sex Affair With Subordinate A retired New Jersey police chief admitted trying to cover up a sexual affair with a subordinate, authorities said. Andrew Kudrick, 50, will be banned for life from public employment and will receive probation instead of prison time in exchange, state Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. Kudrick, of Farmingdale, lied to Howell Township officials about the affair and “threatened to launch an improper internal affairs investigation” of a captain who called him on it, the attorney general said. A confrontation between the chief’s wife and his alleged mistress during a 2021 retirement party …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Politics
Mayor Who Passed Out Pantless At Party Needs Alcohol Evaluation, Counseling, Council Says Mayor Who Passed Out Pantless At Party Needs Alcohol Evaluation, Counseling, Council Says
Mayor Who Passed Out Pantless At Party Needs Alcohol Evaluation, Counseling, Council Says Following a public apology from Mayor John Roth for a drunken incident that made national headlines, the Mahwah Township Council recommended Thursday night that he undergo an alcohol assessment and receive counseling on township policies and anti-discrimination laws. “The mayor’s conduct on Jan. 10, 2020 is inappropriate and represents conduct unbecoming an elected official,” a resolution drafted by the council in executive session says. The decision came after an investigation by a private attorney and an apology from Roth during the public portion of Thursday’s meeting for getting drunk …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Politics
Mahwah Mayor Admits Passing Out Drunk, Pantless In Township Worker’s Bed Mahwah Mayor Admits Passing Out Drunk, Pantless In Township Worker’s Bed
Mahwah Mayor Admits Passing Out Drunk, Pantless In Township Worker’s Bed Mahwah Mayor John Roth admitted that he was drunk when he removed his pants and passed out in a township employee’s bed during a house party earlier this month, according to a published report. Roth said in an interview that he’d had too much to drink the night of the Jan. 10 party and apologized to the employee but considered the incident a private matter, NorthJersey.com and the USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey reported. The report didn’t identify the employee, who it says declined to comment.  Daily Voice is withholding the name of the employee, who is identified along with her husband…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Police & Fire
Fired Teaneck Teacher Accuses Principal Of Hitting On Her, Retaliating When She Refused Fired Teaneck Teacher Accuses Principal Of Hitting On Her, Retaliating When She Refused
Fired Teaneck Teacher Accuses Principal Of Hitting On Her, Retaliating When She Refused A former special education teacher at a Teaneck elementary school claims she was fired after she refused the principal’s sexual advances. The “overly flirtatious” behavior by Whittier Elementary School Principal Pedro H. Valdes III was “disturbing and intimidating at best," Grace Kenny, 38, charges in a sexual discrimination lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack. Kenny taught Whittier pupils with emotional and learning disabilities for a year and a half before she was let go in May 2018, the suit says. At first, Valdes "lavished praise" on her work and "consistently gave her very h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Bergen Judge Nixes Sex-Discrimination Suit Filed By Retired Rochelle Park Police Officer Bergen Judge Nixes Sex-Discrimination Suit Filed By Retired Rochelle Park Police Officer
Bergen Judge Nixes Sex-Discrimination Suit Filed By Retired Rochelle Park Police Officer A judge in Hackensack on Tuesday dismissed a gender-discrimination complaint filed by a retired Rochelle Park police officer. Donna Porcaro sued the township, the police department and Police Chief Robert Flannelly two years ago, claiming that she was denied opportunities that her male co-workers got and was the victim of harassment and inappropriate comments in a hostile work environment. She reportedly had been seeking $2.5 million. “I'm just glad after 41 years of as a police officer my name and reputation remains honorable,” Flannelly said after Superior Court Judge Mary F. Thurber tos…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
News
SUSPENDED: Bergen County Judge Secretly Recorded Meetings, Supreme Court Finds SUSPENDED: Bergen County Judge Secretly Recorded Meetings, Supreme Court Finds
Suspended: Bergen County Judge Secretly Recorded Meetings, Supreme Court Finds A Superior Court judge has been suspended by the Supreme Court without pay for two months after it came to light that she secretly recorded meetings at the at the Bergen County Courthouse. Deborah Gross-Quatrone of Saddle Brook is accused of recording two meetings with Assignment Judge Bonnie Mizdol and others in Bergen County, and a third with Mizdol -- after the assignment judge told her not to -- all in 2015, the presentment case says. "These actions suggest a disturbing lack of sound judgment and professional integrity that, if left unaddressed, threaten the dignity …

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by Cecilia Levine