Defendants explained that GAC did not normally grant employees raises, especially to those who had been employed for less than six months, that plaintiffs salary was set forth in his offer letter, and that plaintiff was terminated because of his unprofessional conduct. Plaintiff, however, has raised a triable issue of fact whether defendants retaliated against him for complaining about discrimination (see Sand,ford v City of N.Y. Dept. of Educ., 22 N.Y.3d 914, 916-917 [2013]; Cancel v Global Fertility &Genetics, Inc., 202 A.D.3d 472, 473 [1st Dept 2022]). First, contrary to defendants' assertion