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Fired YMCA exec may proceed with discrimination claims

Fired YMCA exec may proceed with discrimination claims

Fired YMCA exec may proceed with discrimination claims

A terminated YMCA executive may proceed with claims of discrimination under the Aged Discrimination in Employment Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on the basis of an allegation that he was succeeded by a “far younger and less experienced female,” a federal District Court in New York has ruled. Michael T. Holmes, a 63-year-old African-American man, had served as the CEO of the YMCA of Yonkers since November 2016. He claimed that the Y’s board of directors stopped responding to him after its meeting in May 2017 and then, in September, “without any written warning, notification, or performance-related dispute” or “any justification,” terminated his employment. He alleged that...

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