S. et al v. The City of New York

Filing 117

ORDER granting 116 Letter Motion to Adjourn Conference. Application GRANTED. The pre-settlement conference currently scheduled for January 21, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. is hereby ADJOURNED to January 26, 2021 at 12:00 noon. The dial-in information and attendance requirements remain the same. (See Dkt. No. 110.) In advance of the conference, and no later than January 21, 2021, the parties shall submit a confidential joint settlement status letter via email to [e-mail].g ov, updating the Court on the status of settlement negotiations, and which issues remain unresolved. SO ORDERED. Telephone Conference set for 1/26/2021 at 12:00 PM before Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses.. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses on 1/7/2021) (nb)

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1/7/2021

THE CITY OF NEW YORK

LAW DEPARTMENT

JAMES E. JOHNSON
Corporation Counsel

100 CHURCH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10007

ROSEMARY C. YOGIAVEETIL
phone: [phone]
fax: [phone]
email:[e-mail]
(not for service)

January 6, 2021

Via ECF
Hon. Barbara Moses
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
500 Pearl Street
New York, New York 10007
Re: Josefina S. v. The City of New York
17 CV 7661 (AJN)(BM)
Dear Judge Moses:
I am an Assistant Corporation Counsel assigned to represent Defendant City of
New York (“Defendant”) in the above-referenced matter in which Plaintiffs allege, inter alia,
that the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) discriminates against
parents with intellectual disabilities. I write with the consent of Plaintiffs’ counsel to respectfully
request a new date for the second pre-settlement conference currently scheduled for January 21,
2021.
After the Court granted the parties’ joint request for an adjournment of the presettlement conference (ECF Dkt. No. 115), I learned that Dr. Angel Mendoza, the Chief Medical
Officer at ACS, has a conflict on January 21, 2021 and thus cannot attend. As Dr. Mendoza
participated in the first pre-settlement conference held on November 17, 2020, Defendant
requests a new date for the second pre-settlement conference so that Dr. Mendoza may once
again participate. Plaintiffs’ counsel consents to this request and confirmed their availability.

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The parties, as well as Dr. Mendoza, are available the following dates and times:
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January 25, 2021: before 11 a.m.
January 26, 2021: after 12 p.m.
January 27, 2021: after 1 p.m.
January 28, 2021: after 12 p.m.

In the event that these dates and times are inconvenient for the Court, the parties are available on
a later date and time that is convenient to the Court. Please note, however, that Plaintiffs’ counsel
is unavailable on January 29, 2021 and that Dr. Mendoza is currently unavailable on Thursday
mornings and Monday afternoons due to his clinical engagements.
Thank you for your consideration of this request and for your continued assistance
with this matter.
Respectfully,
/s/ Rosemary C. Yogiaveetil
Rosemary C. Yogiaveetil
Assistant Corporation Counsel

cc:

Via ECF
All counsel of record

Application GRANTED. The pre-settlement conference currently
scheduled for January 21, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. is hereby ADJOURNED to
January 26, 2021 at 12:00 noon. The dial-in information and attendance
requirements remain the same. (See Dkt. No. 110.) In advance of the
conference, and no later than January 21, 2021, the parties shall submit a
confidential
joint
settlement
status
letter
via
email
to
[e-mail], updating the Court on the
status of settlement negotiations, and which issues remain unresolved. SO
ORDERED.

___________________________________________
Barbara Moses, U.S.M.J.
January 7, 2021

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