{"id":22810,"date":"2014-11-20T10:02:29","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T15:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=22810"},"modified":"2014-11-20T10:02:29","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T15:02:29","slug":"analyst-sues-new-york-city-council-over-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=22810","title":{"rendered":"“Analyst Sues New York City Council Over Firing”"},"content":{"rendered":"

And Norman Siegel is representing Artyom Matusov, the plaintiff in this federal court complaint: Analyst Sues New York City Council Over Firing – NYTimes.com<\/a>. begins:<\/p>\n

A former policy analyst for the New York City Council<\/a> filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday claiming he was fired in September for publicly voicing his criticism over testimony given by William J. Bratton, the police commissioner, at a public hearing.<\/em><\/p>\n

The analyst, Artyom Matusov, was fired after contacting reporters, including one with The New York Times, to question statistics on the use of force by police officers that Mr. Bratton presented to the Council on Sept. 8.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe data that they gave is, by their own records, not true,\u201d he said at the time.<\/em><\/p>\n

The suit, filed in United States District Court in Manhattan, asserts that the Council fired Mr. Matusov, an analyst since 2011, for speaking out, but that it gave him no explanation for its action.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a classic free-speech case,\u201d said Norman Siegel, a prominent civil rights lawyer representing Mr. Matusov. \u201cThe question is why was he fired and who approved the firing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And Norman Siegel is representing Artyom Matusov, the plaintiff in this federal court complaint: Analyst Sues New York City Council Over Firing – NYTimes.com. begins: A former policy analyst for the New York City Council filed a federal lawsuit on … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[161,60,650,548],"class_list":["post-22810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","tag-civil-rights-lawsuits","tag-employment-lawsuits","tag-first-amendment-rights","tag-wrongful-termination"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t