DeBlasio Must Be Deposed in White NYC Education Workers’ Suit

The New York City Department of Education failed to block testimony from former Mayor Bill de Blasio in a lawsuit by three upper-level White female employees who say they were demoted or “sidelined” in favor of less qualified workers of color in a diversity push, a Manhattan federal judge ruled.

High-ranking government officials typically are shielded from sitting for depositions in lawsuits because they generally have “greater duties” and time limitations than other witnesses, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said. To depose a current or former high-ranking government official, a party must show the ...