CAPE MAY, N.J. (AP) — Officials in a New Jersey shore town won’t sign off yet on a proposed $369,000 settlement with a gay former police officer who filed a discrimination lawsuit.
The Press of Atlantic City reports Cape May City Manager Bruce MacLeod issued a statement saying city officials would review the case. But they haven’t decided if the settlement is in the taxpayers’ “best interest.”
The announcement came after the City Council tabled a vote on whether to approve the payment to Steven Pascal.
Pascal claimed in his 2013 suit that the police department created a hostile, anti-gay work environment and unjustly fired him.
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Officials have said the decision was taking longer than expected because the city’s insurer wouldn’t pick up the full payment. The city would have to pay $50,000 under the proposed settlement.
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