Young Fu Hsu v. New York State Division of Human Rights

Petition unanimously granted in part with costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Substantial evidence supports the determination that respondent discriminated against the three complainants on the basis of their national origin. Complainants, who are Caucasian and worked at respondent’s restaurant as waitresses, established a prima facie case of discrimination by establishing that Asian waitresses were given preference with respect to hours and table assignments (see generally, Ashker v International Bus. Machs. Corp., 168 AD2d 724, 725). Respondent failed to provide a legitimate…