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Timestamp: 2013-12-11 22:32:45
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§1983', '§17', '§1331', '§1983', '§1367', '§1391']

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTNORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK _____________________________________________________ DANNY DONOHUE, as President of the Civil ServiceEmployees Association, Inc., Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO;CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC.,LOCAL 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO; JOHN DELLIO,MICHAEL BOULERIS, MAUREEN ALONZO, MARCOSDIAMANTATOS, individually and on behalf of all otherssimilarly-situated,Plaintiffs,-against-THOMAS J. MADISON, JR., individually and in his officialcapacity as Executive Director of the New York State ThruwayAuthority and the New York State Canal Corporation;CARLOS MILLAN, individually and in his official capacity asDirector of Employee Relations and Employee Safety, NewYork State Thruway Authority and New York State CanalCorporation; HOWARD P. MILSTEIN, individually and inhis official capacity as Chairman of New York State Thruway/Canal Corporation Board of Directors; DONNA J. LUH,individually and in her official capacity as Vice-Chairman of New York State Thruway/Canal Corporation Board of Directors; E. VIRGIL CONWAY, individually and in hisofficial capacity as Board Member of New York StateThruway/ Canal Corporation Board of Directors; RICHARDN. SIMBERG, individually and in his official capacity asBoard Member of New York State Thruway/CanalCorporation Board of Directors; BRANDON R. SALL,individually and in his official capacity as Board Member of New York State Thruway/Canal Corporation Board of Directors; J. DONALD RICE, JR., individually and in hisofficial capacity as Board Member of New York StateThruway/ Canal Corporation Board of Directors; JOSEHOLGUIN-VERAS, individually and in his official capacity asBoard Member of New York State Thruway/CanalCorporation Board of Directors; JOSEPH BRESS,individually and in his official capacity as Chief Negotiator of New York State Thruway/ Canal Corporation; NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORITY,Defendants.COMPLAINTDemand for Jury TrialCivil Action No.: _____________________________________________________ 2Plaintiffs, DANNY DONOHUE, as President of the Civil Service EmployeesAssociation, Inc., Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO; the CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEESASSOCIATION, INC., LOCAL 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO (hereinafter “CSEA”); JOHNDELLIO; MICHAEL BOULERIS; MAUREEN ALONZO, and MARCOS DIAMANTATOS, by their attorneys, Steven A. Crain and Daren J. Rylewicz (Aaron E. Kaplan, Miguel G. Ortizand Jennifer C. Zegarelli of counsel), as and for a Complaint, respectfully set forth as follows:
This is a civil rights class action, brought by Plaintiffs Danny Donohue, CSEA,John Dellio, Michael Bouleris, Maureen Alonzo and Marcos Diamantatos on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated New York State Thruway Authority (“ThruwayAuthority”) CSEA represented employees, arising from Defendants’ termination of employment,demotion and forced retirement of approximately 60 CSEA represented Thruway Authorityemployees. This action seeks declaratory relief and damages brought pursuant to the UnitedStates Constitution and 42 U.S.C. §1983 to redress Defendants’ intentional violation of Plaintiffs’ constitutional rights to freedom of speech, freedom of association, due process andequal protection of the law under the First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the UnitedStates Constitution, along with violations of Article I, §17 of the New York State Constitution.
This Court has jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§1331 (federalquestion jurisdiction) and 1343(a) (civil rights jurisdiction) because this action is filed to obtainrelief for the deprivation, under color of state law, of the rights of citizens of the United Statessecured by the United States Constitution and federal law pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983. This
3Court also has supplemental jurisdiction over Plaintiffs’ state law claims pursuant to 28 U.S.C.§1367.3.
Venue is proper under 28 U.S.C. §1391(b) because Defendants have their principal places of business within this District and a substantial part of the events or omissionsgiving rise to Plaintiffs’ claims occurred within this District.4.
Plaintiffs demand a jury trial of this action.
Plaintiff Danny Donohue is the duly elected Statewide President of CSEA, andsues herein pursuant to and within the scope of his authority as an elected statewide officer of CSEA.6.
Plaintiff CSEA is a not-for-profit corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, is an employee organization under the Public Employees’Fair Employment Act, New York Civil Service Law Article 14, representing approximately265,000 employees and retirees throughout the State of New York. CSEA is a duly recognizedcollective negotiating representative, for approximately 550 employees of Defendant ThruwayAuthority, hereinafter referred to as the “CSEA bargaining unit.”7.
Plaintiff John Dellio (“Plaintiff Dellio”) is a resident of Schenectady, New York.8.
On April 3, 2013, Defendant Thruway Authority terminated Plaintiff Dellio fromhis permanent position as an Information Technology Specialist I.9.
At the time of his termination, Plaintiff Dellio was a member of CSEA.10.
Plaintiff Michael Bouleris (“Plaintiff Bouleris”) is a resident of Ballston Spa, NewYork.