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And while the settlement dwarfs many statewide, it is far from the only active or recently settled misconduct-related litigation the city has devoted hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars to resolving.
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Joseph Napolitano, Jr. has been employed by the city since 2001 and began serving as a recreation supervisor the following year, according to a lawsuit filed in Bergen County Superior Court last week by attorney Christopher Karounos.
When Arthur Williams took over as the department head in 2018, he immediately began having conflicts with Napolitano, “on the basis of his disability (body type), race, age, and retaliation for Plaintiff reporting additional violations and Defendant’s creation of a hostile work environment,” the court filing says.
“Director Williams made specific outrageous derogatory comments to Plaintiff numerous times in the presence of others in the various JCDOR office areas including, but not limited to, ‘You are fat f !,’ ‘You are lazy fat f ,’ or words [to] that effect.”