NYC Housing Authority Win Tossed in Ex-Manager’s Bias Suit

A Black former New York City Housing Authority manager’s suit alleging that then-Speaker of the New York City Council Melissa Mark-Viverito requested she be replaced with a “Spanish manager” was revived Thursday.

The district court improperly excluded two incidents Allison Williams offered in support of her claims, and a reasonable jury could find that the totality of the circumstances established an unlawful hostile work environment, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said.

Williams had worked at NYCHA for almost 30 years and was the housing manager of Mill Brook Houses in the Bronx when trouble began in ...