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Background for Karen Ortiz

An attorney and former administrative judge at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission who also worked for the city Parks Department, the Social Security Administration, the Taxi & Limousine Commission and MTA New York City Transit; she says she was fired from federal service in 2025 after speaking out against executive orders.