Bloomberg Himself Named in Bias Lawsuit

The three women involved in a federal suit against Bloomberg LP that charges gender discrimination are now saying Mayor Bloomberg and other top managers at the company created a culture hostile to pregnant women and new mothers.
The women filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Manhattan yesterday to add to the lawsuit filed last week by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the financial news information company.
The new 66-page complaint — which seeks nearly $482 million in cumulative compensatory and punitive damages — offers more specifics than the EEOC suit, and targets the mayor and the top lieutenants who took over for him when he left to go to City Hall for creating an environment conducive to discrimination.
“Upon information and belief, Michael Bloomberg is responsible for the creation of the systemic, top-down culture of discrimination which exists within Bloomberg,” the complaint says.
It says the highest levels of management “fostered, condoned and perpetuated” such an atmosphere. In addition to the mayor, the document names CEO Alexius “Lex” Fenwick; the chairman of the board, Peter Grauer, and one of the company’s co-founders, Thomas Secunda, by name.