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Metropolis settles lawsuit filed by nursing NYPD mothers over lack of unpolluted areas to pump breast milk
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Metropolis settles lawsuit filed by nursing NYPD mothers over lack of unpolluted areas to pump breast milk

Last updated: February 11, 2025 2:14 am
Editorial Board Published February 11, 2025
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NYPD Officers Simone Teagle — who blew the whistle on the division’s remedy of nursing moms — Elizabeth Ortiz, Melissa Soto-Germosen and Theresa Mahon will every obtain between $30,000 and $75,000 now that the case was settled on Jan. 30, their lawyer Eric Sanders confirmed.

The lawsuit, which sparked a federal probe into the division’s remedy of nursing mothers, was filed in 2018.

“This settlement remains a major victory for NYPD mothers and workplace equality,” Sanders stated. “We commend the courage of the plaintiffs who took a stand not just for themselves, but for all past, current, and future nursing mothers in the NYPD.”

The remedy of NYPD nursing moms got here to mild after Teagle claimed her superiors on the 113th Precinct in Jamaica, Queens refused to offer her with the time and a clear area to pump, in violation of division coverage and state and federal legislation, in accordance with courtroom papers.  When Teagle complained concerning the circumstances she was transferred, she stated.

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The lawsuit, which sparked a federal probe into the division’s remedy of nursing mothers, was filed in 2018.

A month later, Teagle, together with Mahon, Soto-Germosen, Ortiz and one other officer, Vivian Ayende, filed discrimination complaints in opposition to the NYPD, claiming they had been pressured to pump breast milk in locker rooms, vehicles or bogs.

The ladies alleged the division’s lack of sanitary pumping locations triggered a number of of them to develop mastitis, an irritation of breast tissue that generally entails an an infection. Some stated they had been placed on “punishment posts” for asking for time to pump breast milk and had been routinely pressured to pump milk throughout their lunch break, the lawsuit claimed.

As a result of there was no designated area, different cops would stroll in on the nursing mothers whereas they pumped breast milk. Since there wasn’t a personal area to retailer the milk, it could possibly be grabbed by anybody within the stationhouse, they claimed.

In a single incident, a male cop at Harlem’s thirty second Precinct dared a male detective to drink the specific milk a sergeant had simply pumped. The detective accepted the dare and gulped down the milk meant for the sergeant’s youngster, in accordance with courtroom papers.

NYPD coverage states every precinct should present “a private room or an office for employees to express breast milk.” The room ought to “provide an employee with the requisite privacy” and can’t be a rest room.

The case generated curiosity from nursing mothers in different metropolis and state businesses, however the case was by no means made right into a class-action lawsuit, Sanders stated. Because the case wended its method by way of Brooklyn federal courtroom, Ayende dropped out of the go well with, forfeiting any settlement awards.

As soon as the lawsuit was filed, the NYPD revised its lactation coverage and commenced buying pumping pods to offer clear and secure areas for nursing moms.

In November 2018, a brand new legislation went into impact requiring the Police Division to offer staff with lactation rooms near the place they work and a fridge “suitable for breast milk storage.”

The town Legislation Division confirmed the settlement. A metropolis supply stated the settlement was “in the best interest of all parties.”

“No woman should have to choose between her career and her right to breast feed, and this case sends a clear message: Employers must uphold the rights and dignity of their employees,” Sanders stated.

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