The Percy Program

It is a fight to level the playing field to be able to compete for jobs and careers on the basis of skills and make available apprentice training to all. In 1973 Al Percy launched a class action lawsuit to give workers like him a chance to better their lot in life. It would also ensure the availability of skilled workers to build the infrastructure of the future.

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Percy Action

PLAINTIFF: VII. PARTIES

PLAINTIFF: VII. PARTIES 77. Plaintiff Albert E. Percy, (“Percy”), certified as the class representative of the certified class by Judge Lasker in the Memorandum/Order at 384 F Supp 800, page 811 [S.D.N.Y. 1974] in Case 73-cv-04279, Docket 99, Appendix 1[ 8 ], Volume 3, page 663 in 17-2273 (the “Percy Class”), a proper member of the Percy Class, was denied equal employment opportunities, and remains a proper representative of the Percy Class. Percy’s personal and business interests and the claims hereinafter set forth are fully aligned with those of the Class. DEFENDANTS: 78. Defendant Andrew Mark Cuomo has succeeded Nelson A. Rockefeller as the Governor of the State of New York and, as such, is the chief executive officer of the State of New York and is charged with the duty of enforcing equal employment opportunity requirements applicable in the State of New York and is sued in his individual and official capacities. The New York State Department of Financial Services is an agency of the executive branch of government of the State of New York under Governor Cuomo. On October 3, 2011, the State of New York created a new department, the Department of Financial Services, which assumed the responsibilities and authority of the former New York State Department of Insurance which had formerly been responsible for the regulation and oversight of insurance companies (referred to as the “DFS” in this Complaint). [ 8 ] Three Appendices making up the Record on Appeal, Docket #99: 17-2273 are as follows: Appendix 1, Volume 1-3, Docket #97-99, contains the documents certified by the National Archives as docketed in the original paper docket, ECF docket entry 1 in the Lower Court for Case 73-cv-04279; Appendix 2, Volume 1-4, Docket #100-103 contains the remaining documents certified by the National Archives contained in the file for Case 73-cv- 04279. Appendix 3, Volume 1, Docket #104 contains 2017 documents in Case 73-cv-04279 and documents in Case 15-cv-03942 EDNY. 18

The New York State Department of Labor is an agency of the executive branch of government of the State of New York under Governor Cuomo, with Roberta Reardon as successor to Louis J. Levine as Commissioner. The New York State Division of Human Rights is an agency of the executive branch of government of the State of New York under Governor Cuomo. These State of New York parties are collectively referred to as the State or as the Government Agencies. 79. Defendant Eugene Scalia has succeeded Peter J. Brennan as the United States Secretary of Labor and, as such, is the chief executive official of the Defendant United States Department of Labor and is named as a nominal Defendant previously named as Defendants in SDNY 73-cv-04279 as their interests may appear here because it was a party to Case 73-cv-04279. 80. Defendant United States Department of Labor is the agency of the United States government that is charged with the duty of enforcing EO 11246, and is named as a nominal Defendant previously named as Defendants in SDNY 73-cv-04279 as their interests may appear here because it was a party to Case 73-cv-04279. The Department of Labor’s Employment Standards Administration was dissolved and consequently the position of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards no longer exists. 81. Defendant Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, doing business at 71 West 23rd Street, Suite 501-03, New York, NY 10010, is an organization consisting of local affiliates of 15 national and international unions representing working men and women in New York City, and is named here as a nominal defendant previously named as Defendants in SDNY 73-cv-04279 as their interests may appear here as its interest may appear here because it was a party to Case 73-cv-04279. 82. Defendant Craig E. Leen is the Director of the Defendant Office of Federal Contract Compliance ("OFCC") of USDOL succeeding Phillip J. Davis, and, as such, is charged with the responsibility of discharging the functions of USDOL under EO 11246 and is sued in his individual and official capacities. Defendant OFCC is the Office of the USDOL that has responsibility for enforcing EO 11246. 19

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