Cable News Network NY1 Loses 5 Female Anchors After Discrimination Lawsuit Is Settled
The plaintiffs in the NY1 suit.Photo: Jeenah Moon/The New York Times/Redux Longtime NY1 anchor Roma Torre and her colleagues Kristen Shaughnessy, Jeanine Ramirez, Vivian Lee and Amanda Farinacci sued the channel’s parent company in June 2019, alleging their male colleagues received preferential treatment — a pattern of discrimination that allegedly got worse as the women reporters aged. According toGothamist,the New York Times, andthe New York Post, the other terms of the settlement are to remain confidential....