Weitz v. Anzek Construction Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “mildly offensive sexual” emails and isolated comments “objectifying women’s bodies and exposing them to sexual ridicule” were actionable under the NYCHRL
• concluding that complained-of conduct was actionable under the NYCHRL, but not the NYSHRL
• “[C]omments and emails objectifying women’s bodies and exposing them to sexual ridicule, even if considered ‘isolated,’ clearly signaled that defendant considered it appropriate to foster an office environment that degraded women.”
• “Williams recognized that the City HRL is not a ‘general civility code’ ”
• “While we find that the complained-of incidents do not rise to the level of ‘severe and pervasive’ for purposes of a claim pursuant to the State HRL, this does not dispose of the question whether plaintiffs’ City HRL claim is still viable.”
• “While we find that the complained-of incidents do not rise to the level of ‘severe and pervasive’ for purposes of a claim pursuant to the State HRL, this does not dispose of the question whether plaintiffs’ City HRL claim is still viable.”

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