Duraku v. Tishman Speyer Properties, Inc.

OPINION & ORDER

DENISE COTE, District Judge:

Defendant Tishman Speyer Properties, Inc. (“Tishman Speyer”) has moved pursuant to Fed R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) and the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, to dismiss the complaint filed by plaintiffs Sonya Duraku, Nieves Sanchez, and Julia Inirio (collectively, the “plaintiffs”) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and to compel arbitration of plaintiffs’ employment discrimination claims. For the following reasons, the motion is granted in part.

BACKGROUND

At all times relevant to the complaint, plaintiffs were employed as cleaners at a…