Jan 31, 2025 · Lori Zeno, the controversial executive director of the Queens Defenders, was forced to go on immediate leave by the public defender group’s board of directors late Thursday, the Eagle has learned. Zeno, who has made headlines in recent years for clashing with her staff, was barred from all Queens ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Lori Zeno, The executive director and founder of Queens Defenders, a major nonprofit which represent indigent defendants, was placed on forced leave Friday morning and her husband was fired, source…

3 days ago · Anthony Martone, a longtime director at the Queens Defenders, was named the organization’s interim executive director after the public defender group’s board of directors forced their longtime executive director, Lori Zeno, to go on leave last week. Photo via …

Jan 31, 2025 · Lori Zeno has been no stranger to controversy during her time at the helm of Queens Defenders since 2018. In addition to the union-related disputes, she was also at the center of a furor in 2021 ...

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Queens Defenders Executive Director Lori Zeno terminated both employees in the midst of a union drive at the organization as employees were returning union election ballots to the National Labor Relations Board.

Feb 23, 2021 · Queens Defenders Executive Director Lori Zeno has opposed her employees’ effort to unionize Attorneys and social workers cast their votes in a union election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board on Feb. 16.

Feb 10, 2021 · Queens Defenders’ Executive Director, Lori Zeno, terminated both employees in the midst of a union-drive at the organization; at a time when employees were expected to be receiving and returning union-election ballots to the National Labour Relations Board.

Jan 7, 2021 · During a two-hours-plus video conference Monday, Queens Defenders co-founder and executive director Lori Zeno attempted to dissuade employees from unionizing, a recording obtained by New York Focus shows.