Two beloved porters claim they were fired from a Staten Island co-op complex by a racist boss who called one of them a “terrorist” and the other a “retard.”
Eyad Mohammad, who is Muslim, and Andre Butler, who has a learning disability, endeared themselves to tenants of Skyline Terrace in the St. George neighborhood after Hurricane Sandy, carrying elderly tenants up and down stairs when power outages grounded the elevators for weeks, and making sure those in need had food, water and medicine.
But things changed when property manager Gateway Arms hired new superintendent Mike Alford in 2016, the men claim in a Brooklyn federal court lawsuit.
Alford allegedly peppered Mohammad with epithets like “sand n—-r,” “terrorist,” “jihadist,” and “ISIS member,” and once told him, “Why don’t you go blow up a building, like the Twin Towers,” Mohammad charges in court papers.
Butler, 52, was hired in 2014, according to the legal filing.
Alford, who is white, would call Butler, who is black, a “n—-r,” the porter charges.