SEDHOM v. SUNY DOWNSTATE MED. CTR.

Index No. 1555837/17. Appeal No. 15080. Case No. 2020-04443.

201 A.D.3d 536 (2022)

160 N.Y.S.3d 243

2022 NY Slip Op 00292

Laila Sedhom, Ph.D., RN, Appellant, v. SUNY Downstate Medical Center et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided January 18, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sedhom Law Group, PLLC, New York ( Rania V. Sedhom of counsel), for appellant.

Letitia James , Attorney General, New York ( Stephen J. Yanni of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Webber, Oing, Scarpulla, Pitt, JJ.


Plaintiff alleges that defendants discriminated against her and terminated her employment at defendant SUNY Downstate Medical Center on the basis of her age. Among other things, plaintiff alleges that defendant Maria Silas demanded that plaintiff disclose her age and made remarks suggesting that plaintiff was too old to continue working at SUNY Downstate. Plaintiff also alleged that defendants created a hostile work environment when defendant Daisy Cruz-Richman, among other...

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