Alonzo Baker v. City of New York, Fire Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ALONZO BAKER, Plaintiff, -against- 22-CV-3868 (JGLC) CITY OF NEW YORK, FIRE OPINION AND ORDER DEPARTMENT, Defendant. JESSICA G. L. CLARKE, United States District Judge: Plaintiff, a Black man, is a firefighter and “priority hire” for Defendant City of New York, Fire Department (“Defendant”). Through this action, Plaintiff alleges that he endured racially discriminatory remarks and incidents, and also faced retaliation because he formally reported these incidents. These alleged incidents include a verbal assault by a colleague, a…