When the de Blasio administration and Teamsters Local 237 reached a deal last summer to settle a gender-discrimination lawsuit, approximately 5,200 School Safety Agents rejoiced after being promised as much as $7,000 in back pay.
More than a year later, and five years after they first filed their legal challenge, the officers could soon receive $32 million, following a ruling by Federal Judge Sidney Stein that sharply reduced an $11.5-million fee requested by their former lawyer.
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