NYC Passes Bill to Update Human Rights Law to Include Discrimination Based on Height, Weight

Jerrold F. Goldberg has been practicing in virtually all aspects of labor and employment law since 1979, including the traditional labor/union-management area, employment discrimination, executive employment, severance agreements and wage and hour laws. He Co-Chairs the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice’s Labor-Management Relations group. Jerry exclusively represents management clients primarily in the real estate and hospitality industries in transactional matters, including commercial and residential building and hotel sales and purchases, administrative compliance, such as 421-a prevailing wage issues, and lease, property management and concessionaire relationships, as well as all aspects of labor and employment litigation. This includes traditional labor litigation, such as union management arbitration, N.L.R.B. representation and unfair labor practice proceedings, and strike and picketing injunctive actions, wage and hour litigation involving misclassification, overtime and service charge/gratuity issues, and employment discrimination and restrictive covenant litigation in federal and state courts and administrative agencies.

Quinn Caruthers is a Director in Greenberg Traurig’s Government Law & Policy Practice and has wide-ranging experience in governmental administration. Quinn joined the firm from the New York City Mayor’s Office where he worked in a variety of roles, most recently as advisor for citywide event coordination and management. He also served as an advisor on COVID-19 response food programs for the NYC Food Czar and in the City Hall Executive Office. Quinn has deep experience working on campaigns for all levels of government. Quinn’s campaign and organizing work includes NYC mayoral campaigns, City Council, State Senate, and State Assembly races, a Texas senate campaign, presidential campaigns, and issue advocacy. His event production work includes concerts, sporting events, theater performances, galas, festivals, press conferences, marketing activation events, tickertape parades, a papal visit, and presidential campaign rallies.

Ellen M. Gustafson advises clients on a range of legislative, budget and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on matters in front of the New York City Council. Ellen represents not for profit organizations through the New York City budget process. She advises clients on virtually all aspects of the budget process including but not limited to: submitting applications, advocating with key stake holders for initiative funding, award registration and purpose of funding issues. Ellen also assists clients on the introduction and negotiation of legislation at the New York City Council as well as the rulemaking process and agency implementation. Ellen’s practice extends to the hospitality field, where she represents clients’ interests on liquor licensing and related matters before community boards and city agencies, as well as New York State Liquor Authority hearing officers and commissioners. Ellen previously served as director of operations for former New York City Council Member Dan Garodnick’s office, where she learned the ins and outs of the Council and cultivated relationships across all levels of government which she continues to maintain to assist clients.