Friday, July 19, 2024

Flagstar Bank Is Sued For Discrimination in SDNY On a Basis Not Included in HMDA Data


by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 5 – A Flagstar Bank employee who says her supervisor spouted homophobic remarks in Flagstar's office has sued the bank. She says that 25 days after she complained to Flagstar's human resources director, she was terminated in retaliation.

She received a right to sue letter from the EEOC and filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which Inner City Press covers closely. It has been assigned to Judge Lewis J. Liman. 

 While Flagstar's data filed and made public under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act indicates disparities for some protected classes, the data set does not (yet?) contain this one.

The case is Chavez-Mendoza v. Flagstar Bank, 24-cv-5057 (Liman)

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