Five Spectrum NY1 anchors are leaving the news station after settling a lawsuit against gender and age discrimination.
As The Wrap reports, Roma accuse Torre, Kristen Shaughnessy, Jeanine Ramirez, Vivian Lee and Amanda Farinacci NY1 and its parent company Charter Communications of discriminating against older women and favoring younger, less experienced reporters and anchors.
The group of journalists said in a joint statement on Thursday that they had reached an agreement whose terms would be confidential.
‘We are pleased to announce that we have reached a confidential decision on our case against Charter / NY1. “After a long discussion with NY1, we believe it’s in everyone’s interest, us, NY1s and our viewers – that this issue should be resolved and we have mutually agreed on ways to separate,” the group said.
“We want to thank everyone who has supported us through these times. Please know that the support of each person has made a significant difference.”
A spokesman for Spectrum Networks said in a statement: “We are pleased to announce that we have reached a confidential resolution on the lawsuit by Roma Torre, Kristen Shaughnessy, Jeanine Ramirez, Vivian Lee and Amanda Farinacci and consequently mutually We would like to thank them for their many years of dedicated service in reporting on the news to New Yorkers and wish them well in their future endeavors. “