Burka v. New York City Transit Authority

GOETTEL, District Judge:

Driven by growing drug use among millions of Americans and the seeming inability of law enforcement officials to curb it, many employers, both public and private, have begun to screen workers to detect the presence of drugs in their bodies.1 The military, major corporations, federal agencies, and local governments are among those who test employees,2 and the President’s Commission on Organized Crime recently called for mandatory random drug testing for all government employees and for all employees of companies doing business with the government.3

With the rise in…