Eunice Vilaseca v. City of New York, et al.

New York Civil Rights Lawyer Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., representing Police Officer Eunice Vilaseca announces the filing of a $15 Million dollar race and gender discrimination lawsuit against the City of New YorkAccording to the lawsuit, from June 19, 2011, through the present, Officer Eunice Vilaseca, a Medium Brown Skinned Dominican female police officer claims she was subjected to the highly offensive discriminatory conduct of Lieutenant Dennis Azambuja (Light Skinned Hispanic Male). Lieutenant Azambuja openly announced in the workplace that he has a “Hit List” of ‘minority officers’ meaning African-American and Hispanic officers that he dislikes due to their race and/or ethnicity. This “Hit List” includes Caucasian Male officers who closely affiliate themselves with their minority partners. Lieutenant Azambuja openly makes racially offensive jokes and comments about African-Americans. Additionally, Lieutenant Azambuja openly refers to females as “Bitches.” The other police supervisors actively participated, ratified, condoned or acquiesced to Lieutenant Azambuja’s discriminatory conduct.