`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 85
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`INDEX NO. 516824/2023
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/23/2024
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`OF THE
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`STATE
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`OF NEW YORK
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`SUPREME
`COUNTY
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`COURT
`OF KINGS
`
`TERRY
`
`CHUN,
`
`-against-
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`OF NEW YORK,
`THE NEW
`THE CITY
`YORK DEPARTMENT
`OF SANITATION,
`DOES"
`"JOHN
`And
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`1-10
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`.
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`Defendants.
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`Index
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`No.:
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`516824/2023
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`AFFIRMATION
`SUPPORT
`
`IN
`OF MOTION
`
`Jimmy
`
`Wagner,
`
`Esq.,
`
`an attorney
`
`duly
`
`admitted
`
`to practice
`
`law
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`in the Courts
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`of
`
`the State
`
`of New York,
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`affirms
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`the
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`following
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`to be true
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`under
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`the
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`penalties
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`of perjury:
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`1.
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`I am the
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`attorney
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`for Plaintiff,
`
`TERRY
`
`CHUN ("Plaintiff"),
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`in the
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`above-
`
`captioned
`
`matter,
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`and
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`I am fully
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`familiar
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`with
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`the
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`facts
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`and
`
`circumstances
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`herein,
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`based
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`upon my
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`review
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`of
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`the
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`file maintained
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`in this
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`office.
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`2.
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`I certify
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`to the Court
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`that
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`the within
`
`motion
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`is not without
`
`merit
`
`in law or
`
`fact
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`and
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`can
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`be supported
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`by
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`a reasonable
`
`argument.
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`3.
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`I submit
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`this
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`Affirmation
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`in support
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`of
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`the within
`
`motion
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`for
`
`re-argument
`
`based
`
`on everything
`
`put
`
`forth
`
`in the memorandum
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`of
`
`law.
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`4.
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`The Court
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`need
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`only
`
`read
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`one
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`segment
`
`of
`
`the
`
`actual
`
`law to realize
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`the
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`grave
`
`error
`
`the Court
`
`has made
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`in understanding
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`NYCHLR
`
`8-107(3).
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`3.
`
`observance.
`
`for
`
`or an employee
`
`or
`
`an employer
`of obtaining
`which
`would
`or
`religion,
`or any
`or usage,
`of
`such
`
`or
`
`retaining
`require
`
`person
`such
`not
`but
`including
`as a sabbath
`portion
`thereof
`shall
`the
`employer
`and
`person.
`
`with
`creed
`or days
`custom
`needs
`
`religious
`Employment;
`It shall
`be an unlawful
`discriminatory
`(a)
`a person
`upon
`thereof
`to impose
`agent
`or conditions,
`employment
`terms
`any
`such
`a practice
`to violate,
`forego
`of,
`particular
`observance
`of any
`limited
`religious
`observance
`of any
`or holy
`the
`religious
`to the
`accommodation
`make
`
`or
`to the
`or
`day
`reasonable
`
`practice
`as a condition
`compliance
`person's
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`day
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`5.
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`Even
`
`if
`
`the Court
`
`is correct
`
`and
`
`the
`
`vaccine
`
`mandate
`
`morphed
`
`into
`
`some
`
`post
`
`hire
`
`condition
`
`of employment,
`
`said
`
`transformation
`
`at both
`
`the micro
`
`and macro
`
`levels
`
`does
`
`not
`
`prevent
`
`it
`
`from
`
`being
`
`prima
`
`facia
`
`discriminatory
`
`conduct.
`
`The
`
`employer
`
`was
`
`obligated
`
`to
`
`accommodate
`
`when
`
`the
`
`city
`
`council
`
`used
`
`the word
`
`"shall":
`
`"and
`
`the
`
`employer
`
`shall
`
`make
`
`reasonable
`
`accommodation
`
`to the
`
`religious
`
`needs
`
`of
`
`such
`
`person."
`
`6.
`
`The
`
`law was
`
`not
`
`suspended
`
`during
`
`COVID-19
`
`and
`
`therefore
`
`the
`
`discriminatory
`
`This
`
`is all
`
`the City's
`
`labor
`
`Eric
`
`Eichenholtz
`
`act
`
`should
`
`happen.
`
`notwithstanding
`
`top
`
`attorney,
`
`intentionally
`
`applied
`
`the wrong
`
`undue
`
`hardship
`
`standard
`
`to thousands
`
`of
`
`city
`
`workers.
`
`7.
`
`The
`
`Supreme
`
`recently
`
`clarified
`
`the
`
`use of
`
`"de
`
`minimis"
`
`at
`
`the
`
`federal
`
`level,
`
`Groff
`
`v De Joy,
`
`143 S Ct 2279
`
`[2023].
`
`WHEREFORE,
`
`it
`
`is respectfully
`
`requested
`
`that
`
`this
`
`honorable
`
`Court
`
`issue
`
`an Order
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPLR 2221,
`
`granting
`
`Plaintiff
`
`re-argument
`
`and
`
`vacating
`
`its prior
`
`decision.
`
`No previous
`
`application
`
`for
`
`the
`
`relief
`
`prayed
`
`for
`
`herein
`
`has been made
`
`in this Court
`
`or
`
`any
`
`other
`
`Court
`
`of
`
`competent
`
`jurisdiction.
`
`Dated:
`
`Brooklyn,
`April
`23,
`
`New York
`2024
`
`1 my ta
`A
`OFF C
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`e
`
`Esq.
`OF J MY WAGNER
`r Plai
`f
`
`ttorney(
`C
`ERRY
`Ave
`Flatbush
`2055
`NY 11234
`Brooklyn,
`477-8889
`(929)
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`TO:
`SYLVIA
`HON.
`Corporation
`Attorneys
`100 Church
`New York,
`
`O. HINDS-RADIX
`Counsel
`of
`the City
`for Defendant
`2-196
`Street,
`New York
`10007
`
`of New York
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`FILED: KINGS COUNTY CLERK 04/23/2024 03:54 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 85
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`INDEX NO. 516824/2023
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/23/2024
`
`OF THE STATE
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`
`COURT
`OF KINGS
`
`TERRY
`
`CHUN,
`
`Plaintiff(s),
`
`-against-
`
`THE NEW
`OF NEW YORK,
`THE CITY
`YORK DEPARTMENT
`OF SANITATION,
`DOES"
`"JOHN
`And
`
`1-10
`
`Defendant(s).
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`Index
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`No.:
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`516824/2023
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`CERTIFICATION
`WORD COUNT
`
`OF
`
`This
`
`document
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`shall
`
`constitute
`
`the
`
`certification
`
`of word
`
`count
`
`required
`
`by The Uniform
`
`Civil
`
`Rules
`
`for
`
`the Supreme
`
`Court
`
`and County
`
`Court
`
`Rule
`
`202.8-b:
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`The
`
`number
`
`of words
`
`in the
`
`annexed
`
`affirmation
`
`in support
`
`of motion
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`complies
`
`with
`
`the
`
`Court
`
`Court
`
`word
`
`count
`
`limit
`
`required
`
`by The Uniform
`
`Civil
`
`Rules
`
`for
`
`the Supreme
`
`and County
`
`Rule
`
`202.8-b.
`
`The
`
`number
`
`of words,
`
`exclusive
`
`of
`
`the
`
`caption
`
`and
`
`signature
`
`block,
`
`is 736.
`
`Counsel
`
`has
`
`relied
`
`on the word
`
`count
`
`of
`
`the word
`
`processing
`
`system
`
`used
`
`to prepare
`
`the
`
`affirmation
`
`in support.
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`Dated:
`
`Brooklyn,
`April
`23,
`
`New York
`2024
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`sq.
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`ttorney(s)
`C
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`Flatb
`055
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`s
`
`Ave
`11234
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`rooklyn,
`477-8889
`(929)
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`4
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`4 of 5
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`FILED: KINGS COUNTY CLERK 04/23/2024 03:54 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 85
`
`INDEX NO. 516824/2023
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/23/2024
`
`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`
`COURT
`OF KINGS
`
`OF THE
`
`STATE
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`Index
`
`No.:
`
`516824/2023
`
`TERRY
`
`CHUN,
`
`-against-
`
`Plaintiff(s),
`
`OF NEW YORK,
`THE NEW
`THE CITY
`YORK DEPARTMENT
`OF SANITATION,
`DOES"
`"JOHN
`
`1-10
`
`And
`
`OF MOTION
`IN SUPPORT
`AFFIRMATION
`=================================================================
`
`Defendant(s).
`
`Jimmy
`LAW OFFICE
`
`Esq.
`Wagner,
`WAGNER
`OF JIMMY
`for Plaintiff(s)
`Attorney(s)
`CHUN
`TERRY
`Flatbush
`Ave
`2055
`NY 11234
`477-8889
`
`Brooklyn,
`
`(929)
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