Journalists Roma Torre, Kristen Shaughnessy, Jeanine Ramirez, Vivian Lee, and Amanda Farinacci filed a complaint against Charter Communications with the city Human Rights Commission. The complaint claimed that Charter Communications snubbed their work for the Emmy Awards submission consideration because of the conflict between the two parties.

Five women, who have been long-time anchors for the local television channel in New York City, decided to leave after filing an age and gender discrimination case against the media outlet. The Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ) stands with these anchorwomen who dedicated years of their career to the channel. We call on all media outlets to end discriminatory practices in the workplace.

The Coalition For Women in journalism condemns the workplace intimidation and retaliation five NY1 anchors have been facing following the lawsuit they filed last June on grounds of gender and age discrimination they faced at the network.