Beldock Levine and Hoffman attorneys successfully obtained a preliminary injunction order against the New York City Fire Department today for threatening to suspend without pay and ultimately terminate a Muslim radio dispatcher for refusing to shave his beard, which he wears because of his Muslim faith. Mr. Lewis began with the FDNY as an EMT in 2006, where he responded to emergencies and rendered medical assistance throughout the City. After an on-the-job accident rendered h

The family of Samuel Harrell is deeply troubled by the decision announced today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York not to bring any federal civil rights charges against the officers involved in Samuel Harrell’s death. The autopsy, finding the death to be a “homicide,” unambiguously links Mr. Harrell’s death to the brutal actions of these officers. "In our opinion, there was clear criminal wrongdoing by the Corrections Officers involved in Mr. H