The motion court properly sustained the defamation cause of action, alleging statements by the individual defendant, the highest official of defendant City agency, to the effect that he terminated plaintiffs' employment with the agency because of a "public perception" that the division of the agency that plaintiffs led was "involved" in "party politics" and that employees in the division were "utilized" in a political campaign. Such statements, even if opinion as claimed...
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