context: While Ghosh has pointed out numerous gaps and/or errors in the information provided by DOH, these failings in DOH's submissions do nothing to advance Ghosh's claim that DOH's failure to hire him was a result of improper motives. As discussed above, though the burden of establishing a prima facie case of discrimination is "not onerous," it is nonetheless the plaintiff's burden, and it cannot be met with conclu-sory assertions.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 118 F.3d 106, 110
citation_a.parenthetical: noting that "even in the discrimination context, a plaintiff must provide more than conclusory allegations of discrimination to defeat a motion for summary judgment"
citation_a.sentence: See Burdine, 450 U.S. at 258, 101 S.Ct. 1089 (“The plaintiff must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that she applied for an available position for which she was qualified, but was rejected under circumstances which give rise to an inference of unlawful discrimination.”); Schnabel v. Abramson, 232 F.3d 83, 90 (2d Cir.2000) (describing plaintiffs “ultimate burden of persuading the trier of fact that the defendant intentionally discriminated against the plaintiff’); see also Schwapp v. Town of Avon, 118 F.3d 106, 110 (2d Cir.1997) (noting that “even in the discrimination context, a plaintiff must provide more than conclusory allegations of discrimination to defeat a motion for summary judgment”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 232 F.3d 83, 90
citation_b.parenthetical: describing plaintiffs "ultimate burden of persuading the trier of fact that the defendant intentionally discriminated against the plaintiff'
citation_b.sentence: See Burdine, 450 U.S. at 258, 101 S.Ct. 1089 (“The plaintiff must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that she applied for an available position for which she was qualified, but was rejected under circumstances which give rise to an inference of unlawful discrimination.”); Schnabel v. Abramson, 232 F.3d 83, 90 (2d Cir.2000) (describing plaintiffs “ultimate burden of persuading the trier of fact that the defendant intentionally discriminated against the plaintiff’); see also Schwapp v. Town of Avon, 118 F.3d 106, 110 (2d Cir.1997) (noting that “even in the discrimination context, a plaintiff must provide more than conclusory allegations of discrimination to defeat a motion for summary judgment”).