Ryan Thompson reports for Brooklyn Daily Eagle on Marty Markowitz deposition. BOROUGH HALL — Borough President Marty Markowitz’s former speechwriter is suing him for discrimination. And though the lawsuit was filed over two years ago, depositions are finally underway — with Markowtz being deposed on Friday. In the lawsuit filed in Kings County Supreme Court [...]
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Former Marty Markowitz aide files lawsuit alleging torment
KIRSTEN DANIS, DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU CHIEF reports about Regina Weiss claims: Tuesday, December 4th 2007, 4:00 AM Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz improperly ordered staffers to work on his 2005 reelection campaign and turned a blind eye to office sexual shenanigans, his former communications chief charged Monday. Regina Weiss claims in a discrimination [...]
FORMER EMPLOYEE FILES DISCRIMINATION SUIT AGAINST BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT
Cites hostile work environment, misuse of office, neglect of public interest In a lawsuit filed today in State Supreme Court, Kings County, a former employee of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz claims she was systematically undermined and illegally removed from her job after enduring more than a year of discriminatory treatment based on her age [...]
W to Kids: Go to Hell!
By Jack Tuckner, Esq. Did you hear the one about W vetoing the bipartisan supported child health care bill that would have provided an expansion of the federally funded, state-run health insurance program for poor children to cover an additional 10 million children? No? It didn’t get much air play. The cost of funding four [...]