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New York City Employees' Retirement System

14 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (20002025)

59 trusted published court opinions analyzed; 15 map to 14 distinct cases

What public court records show

Public federal court records list New York City Employees' Retirement System as an employer in 14 distinct federal employment cases between 2000 and 2025.

Of the 59 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 46 ended in a ruling for the employer, 6 ended in a ruling for the worker, 3 were dismissed, and 2 had a mixed result.

Plaintiffs won 6 of 57 adjudicated opinions (11%).

The most common claims on record were Failure To Accommodate, Breach Of Contract, and Wrongful Termination.

Cases were filed across 2 states, most often in NY.

These figures summarize publicly available U.S. federal court records only. Most workplace disputes are resolved privately and never appear in litigation. A case outcome reflects many factors and is not a finding that any employer violated the law.

59
Published Opinions Analyzed

Written decisions across 14 distinct cases.

11%
Plaintiff Win Rate

6 of 57 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.

Does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.

2
States

Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.

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About this employer

New York City Employees' Retirement System appears in 59 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:

Smalls v. New York City Employees' Retirement System (2021) — Defendant Win. Read the ruling.

Smalls v. New York City Employees' Retirement System (2019) — Mixed Result. Read the ruling.

King v. New York City Employees' Retirement System (2014) — Remanded. This case involved a dispute between an employee named King and the New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS), which manages pension benefits for city workers. Read the ruling.

The published opinions primarily involve Failure to Accommodate (12 of 59), Breach of Contract (10 of 59), Wrongful Termination (5 of 59). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Failure to Accommodate, Breach of Contract and Wrongful Termination.

Published opinions span New York (14), Illinois (1). New York is an EEOC deferral state, which extends the federal Title VII / ADA / ADEA filing deadline from 180 to 300 days. Browse state-specific employment rulings for jurisdictional patterns. New York rulings and Illinois rulings.

These published opinions sit within the public sector, where due-process protections, First Amendment retaliation, and union-related (NLRA / state PERB) claims apply.

Opinion Outcomes

Defendant Win
46 (78%)
Plaintiff Win
6 (10%)
Dismissed
3 (5%)
Mixed Result
2 (3%)
Remanded
2 (3%)

Opinion Stages

59 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.

Appeal
50 (85%)
Motion to dismiss
8 (14%)
Trial verdict
1 (2%)
What do these stages mean?
Appeal
A higher court reviewing an earlier decision. Many published opinions come from this stage, after a lot has already happened in the case.
Motion to dismiss
An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.
Trial verdict
A judge or jury heard the evidence and reached a decision. Relatively few disputes get this far.

Published federal-court opinions only — most workplace disputes are resolved privately. This is not anyone’s odds, and not a finding that any employer violated the law.

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What these numbers mean

A case is one lawsuit, identified by its court and docket number. The docket is the running court record for that same case — it is not an extra case.

A published opinion or ruling is a written court decision. One case can produce several opinions, so opinion counts and case counts answer different questions. Only trusted, reportable opinions are used in the outcome statistics on this page.

Docket entries are the individual filings inside a case — motions, orders, scheduling notices. We read them to confirm a case is real and to see where it got to, but an entry is never counted as a case or as an outcome. A single case can generate hundreds of entries.

Far fewer opinions than cases is normal. Many employment cases settle privately or close without a published opinion. No opinion here does not mean the worker lost; it means this public record does not show a reportable result.

Everything on this page comes from public federal court records. Where we are not confident a record is accurate, we leave it out rather than guess.

Federal court cases

public court records

One row per court+docket case · written opinions stay grouped inside their case · plaintiff names redacted

Employee v. New York City Employees Retirement Sys. NYCERS
N.Y. App. Div. · Nov 2025
Defendant Win
Employee v. New York City Employees' Retirement System
S.D.N.Y. · Sep 2022 · New York · Breach of Contract
Dismissed
Employee v. New York City Employees' Retirement Sys.
N.Y. App. Div. · Apr 2021 · New York
Defendant Win
Employee v. New York City Employees' Retirement System
S.D.N.Y. · Apr 2021 · New York · Wrongful Termination
2 opinionsDefendant Win
Employee v. New York City Employees Retirement Sys.
N.Y. App. Div. · Dec 2020 · New York · Breach of Contract
Defendant Win
Employee v. New York City Employees' Retirement Sys.
N.Y. App. Div. · Dec 2020 · New York · Breach of Contract
Mixed Result
Employee v. New York City Employees' Retirement Sys.
N.Y. App. Div. · Dec 2019 · New York
Defendant Win
Employee v. New York City Employees Retirement Sys.
N.Y. App. Div. · Mar 2019 · New York · Breach of Contract
Defendant Win
Employee v. N.Y.C. Employees' Ret. Sys.
S.D. Ill. · Feb 2019 · Illinois · Breach of Contract
Dismissed
Employee v. New York City Employees' Retirement Sys.
N.Y. App. Div. · Mar 2017 · New York
Defendant Win
Employee v. New York City Employees' Retirement Sys.
N.Y. App. Div. · Apr 2016 · New York · Breach of Contract
Defendant Win
Employee v. New York City Employees' Retirement System
2nd Circuit · Dec 2014 · New York · Wrongful Termination
Remanded
Employee v. New York City Employees' Retirement System
U.S. Supreme Court · Oct 2003
Dismissed
Employee v. New York City Employees' Retirement System
2nd Circuit · Feb 2003 · Discrimination
Defendant Win
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Data sourced from public federal court records via CourtListener.com. Case outcomes extracted using AI analysis. This information is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The presence of an employer on this page does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.