NEW YORK: The number of women accusing the financial data and news service company founded by Mayor Michael Bloomberg of discrimination has risen from three to 58, with more likely to be added, a lawyer told a judge Thursday.
The disclosure widens the scope of a lawsuit against Bloomberg LP that became a distraction for the mayor during his second term.
Bloomberg is not a defendant in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming discrimination against women who take maternity leave — and he bristled as he was asked about it. He said he had “absolutely no idea,” berated the reporter who asked the question and abruptly ended an unrelated news conference.
Bloomberg resigned as chief executive officer of Bloomberg LP to run for mayor in 2001. He retains a 68 percent stake in the company.
EEOC senior trial attorney Raechel Adams told a judge presiding over the case Thursday that the number of women joining the class-action lawsuit will rise as the EEOC continues to interview 478 women at the Bloomberg agency who have gone on maternity leave since 2002. Read the rest of this entry »
