Three former West New York Housing Authority workers have filed an age discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against the agency and Board Chair Gene Martaroney, alleging he created an “increasingly hostile toward older and disabled employees.”
Maria Martin, Nancy Ruiz, and Charlene Otha filed a seven-count lawsuit in Hudson County Superior Court on May 26th alleging discrimination, a hostile work environment, unlawful retaliation, as well as aiding and abetting.
“Around 2022, when Defendant Martaroney became the Chairman of the Board at WNYHA, the work environment became increasingly hostile toward older and disabled employees, as well as Black employees,” the lawsuit, filed by Fort Lee-attorney Hannah E. Bacon, says.
“Defendant Martaroney’s stated goal was to force out older and disabled employees by assigning them work duties they could not perform due to their disabilities, cutting their assistance, eliminating their departments, and increasing their workloads.”…