NYC Health Department Wouldn’t Let Jews Form Staff Group, Retaliated When They Mourned Antisemitic Mass Shooting in Sydney, Lawsuit Alleges

"New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani checks a patient form before receiving a flu shot with the commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Dr. Alister Martin, at the Fort Greene Immunization Clinic, Oct. 2, 2026. Credit: Ryan Murphy-Pool/Getty Images."

Seven employees of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene sued the city, the department and its equal employment opportunity director for allegedly discriminating against them by refusing to recognize a Jewish employee group and retaliating by probing the group’s leaders after they mourned Jews killed at Bondi Beach in Australia.

The lawsuit, which the National Jewish Advocacy Center filed on Nov. 10 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, accuses department officials of denying the group, HINENU, access to a program that was available to other ethnic groups.

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