Backlash from the Riverhead community has led Walmart to reverse a policy of keeping hair care products intended for African-American women in a locked glass case.
Walmart’s decision Friday to remove those items from locked cases at the Riverhead and Middle Island stores was sparked by a complaint from Patricia Fulford of Riverhead. READ
An investigation by a civil rights organization revealed discriminatory lending practices by Ulster Savings Bank, an upstate company that has an office in Riverhead, according to a lawsuit filed last month in federal court.
Riverhead School District bus driver Andrea Diaz was supposed to return to work in March after having been fired.
Thirteen current and former teachers at the Riverhead Charter School in Calverton are suing the school and its principal for $10 million in damages based on what they claim is a long pattern of discrimination and lewd behavior by its principal, Raymond Ankrum, the News-Review has learned. (more…)
Patricia Nugent, a fired elementary school teacher from the Shoreham-Wading River School District, has sued the district. (Credit: Facebook)
The Miller Avenue Elementary School principal who was fired last year has filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the Shoreham-Wading River School District. (more…)
