Newsday is reporting that "A lawsuit alleging that the Plaza Hotel harassed Muslim and Arab-American employees after the 2001 terrorist attacks has been settled with the hotel's management agreeing pay $525,000 to a dozen workers and to offer additional anti-discrimination training to its staff."

"The lawsuit alleged that managers at the Plaza called Arab-American employees terrorists after the Sept. 11 attacks, referring to them as 'Osama' or 'dumb Muslim.'"