AGUILAR v. N.Y. CONVENTION CENTER OPERATING CORP.

No. 00 CIV 4637 CBM.

174 F.Supp.2d 49 (2001)

Kevin AGUILAR et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE NEW YORK CONVENTION CENTER OPERATING CORPORATION, Gerald T. McQueen, and Richard Powers, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

November 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Weprin, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, LLP, New York City, Rick Ostrove, Leeds, Morelli & Brown, P.C., for plaintiffs.

Richard A. Levin, and Amy B. Regan, Proskauer Rose, LLP, New York City, for defendant New York Convention Center Operating Corporation.

Frederic L. Lieberman, Assistant Attorney General of the State of New York, New York City, for defendants McQueen and Powers.


OPINION

MOTLEY, District Judge.

The fifty individual plaintiffs in this matter, each of whom is either female or a member of a racial or ethnic minority, are carpenters and freight handlers currently or formerly employed by the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center ("Javits Center") in Manhattan. Plaintiffs allege that the Javits Center is managed by a group of "white Irish males" who have engaged in widespread race and gender discrimination. In addition...

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