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**NYC Teacher Wins Right to See Records in Discrimination Case** A teacher filed a lawsuit against the New York City Department of Education, claiming they faced discrimination, harassment, and retaliation from a supervisor named McLaurine. The teacher wanted to see documents about whether this supervisor had similar problems with other employees in the past. The Department of Education refused to turn over these records, but the teacher asked the court to force them to share the documents. The court sided with the teacher, ruling that the Department must provide records about McLaurine's prior incidents with other employees. The judge found these documents were relevant to the case and reasonable to request. **What This Means for Workers:** This ruling shows that when you sue your employer for discrimination or harassment, you may be able to get access to your supervisor's history with other employees. If a boss has a pattern of bad behavior, those records could strengthen your case. Courts will order employers to share these documents when they're relevant to proving discrimination or harassment claims. However, this case appears to still be ongoing, so the final outcome on the main claims remains unknown.