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A New York City apartment complex fired a doorman and concierge on Tuesday after they failed to help a Filipina woman who was being attacked outside of the building, New York Daily News reports.
The dismissals come after the release of security footage showing the two men closing the door as the 65-year-old woman is assaulted.
“While the full lobby video shows that once the assailant had departed, the doormen emerged to assist the victim and flag down an NYPD vehicle, it is clear that required emergency and safety protocols were not followed,” The Brodsky Organization said in its statement Tuesday, according to NBC New York. “For this reason, their employment has been terminated, effective immediately.”
The two workers belong two the 32BJ union. On Tuesday, the union’s president Kyle Bragg, released a statement clarifying the union was not involved in the decision.
“We were recently notified that the employer, the Brodsky corporation terminated both the doorman and concierge on duty during the heinous attack of a 65-year-old, woman of Filipino descent on March 29 in front of 360 W 43rd Street,” Bragg said, according to New York Daily News.
“Contrary to published reports, the Union did not play any role whatsoever in this decision.”
The union maintains that the doorman and concierge called for help immediately. They say extended footage shows that the two assisted the victim and flagged down police for help, NBC New York reports.
Bragg also reiterated that the union, which represents man immigrant, Black and brown workers, takes anti-Asian violence seriously.
“32BJ members are immigrants and people of color themselves, subject to much of the same racism and violence that our AAPI neighbors face,” he said, according to New York Daily News.
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