It came a month after a judge allowed some age and gender discrimination claims to proceed but rejected some hostile work environment and retaliation claims.
In their lawsuit, the women, all over age 40, alleged that they were marginalized and cast aside to make room for younger women and men after Charter Communications, a Stamford, Connecticut-based company, took over the local news channel in 2016.
The lawsuit had sought unspecified damages and a return to the positions the women occupied before Charter took control.
According to the lawsuit, the women found their on-air time dramatically reduced, anchoring opportunities decreased, prime reporting opportunities taken away and promotional efforts mostly eliminated.
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NY1 Loses Five Female Anchors And Reporters As Network Settles Discrimination Lawsuit
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The five female NY1 anchors and reporters who sued the channel’s parent company over claims of age and gender discrimination announced their lawsuit was settled Thursday, and that all of them were departing the NY1 airwaves.
The lawsuit, brought by longtime anchor Roma Torre and her colleagues Kristen Shaughnessy, Jeanine Ramirez, Vivian Lee and Amanda Farinacci, was filed against Charter Communications/NY1 in June 2019.
The lawsuit said their employer has consistently prioritized male journalists at their colleagues direct expense a pattern of gender discrimination that only escalates as women reporters age, the lawsuit claimed.
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