PAPPAS v. MOODY'S INV. SERV.

Index No. 158504/19. Appeal No. 15360. Case No. 2021-01012.

202 A.D.3d 630 (2022)

159 N.Y.S.3d 848

2022 NY Slip Op 01249

Christopher Pappas, Appellant, v. Moody's Investor Service, Respondent.

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

Decided February 24, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kraus & Zuchlewski LLP, New York ( Pearl Zuchlewski of counsel), for appellant.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York ( Kenneth J. Turnbull of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Kapnick, Friedman, Singh, Pitt, JJ.


The complaint fails to state causes of action for discrimination and retaliation under the State and City Human Rights Laws (Executive Law § 296 and Administrative Code of City of NY § 8-107). It fails to allege that plaintiff is a member of a protected class (see Matter of Local 621 v New York City Dept. of Transp., 178 A.D.3d 78, 81 [1st Dept 2019], lv dismissed 35 N.Y.3d 1106 [2020]) or that he was treated differently or less well than his female...

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