Jonathan Meer (Partner-New York, NY) successfully defended a hotel operator in connection with a claim of discrimination based on race, national origin, disability and retaliation by a former housekeeper employee before the New York State Division of Human Rights (NYS DHR). DHR’s investigation found that, even assuming the housekeeper had a disability (general malaise), our client provided her an accommodation by allowing her to get a COVID-19 test and does not reflect that any discriminatory animus existed. In terms of the alleged discrimination based on race and national origin, the DHR noted that the “Complainant has not articulated how she was discriminated against because she is Hispanic and Salvadorian when everyone she worked with was as well.” It also noted that there “is nothing alleged that could have been interpreted as being engaged in a protected activity.” The DHR concluded that it found “no evidence of a discriminatory or retaliatory animus present in any of the respondent’s actions as alleged by the complainant” and dismissed all the claims against Wilson Elser’s client.