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T2024-0860
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T2024-0860
| * | | | | Oversight - Fair Lending Practices Enforcement – Steps to Financial Equity. | Oversight | | Filed, by Committee | |
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Int 0069-2024
| * | Lincoln Restler | | | Prohibiting provisions in employment agreements that shorten the period in which claims and complaints of unlawful discriminatory practices, harassment or violence may be filed and in which civil actions may be commenced. | Introduction | Under Title 8 of the Administrative Code, people have one year to file a complaint with the NYC Commission on Human Rights for an unlawful discriminatory practice or act of discriminatory harassment or violence and three years to file a claim of gender-based harassment. In addition, they may commence a civil action within three years. This bill would make unenforceable and void any provision of any employment agreement that purports to shorten such periods. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 0069-2024
| * | Lincoln Restler | | | Prohibiting provisions in employment agreements that shorten the period in which claims and complaints of unlawful discriminatory practices, harassment or violence may be filed and in which civil actions may be commenced. | Introduction | Under Title 8 of the Administrative Code, people have one year to file a complaint with the NYC Commission on Human Rights for an unlawful discriminatory practice or act of discriminatory harassment or violence and three years to file a claim of gender-based harassment. In addition, they may commence a civil action within three years. This bill would make unenforceable and void any provision of any employment agreement that purports to shorten such periods. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 0242-2024
| * | Crystal Hudson | | | The creation of a truth, healing, and reconciliation process. | Introduction | This bill would require the Commission on Racial Equity to establish a Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation process in connection with the City’s historic involvement in slavery. The process’s objectives would be to establish historical facts about slavery in the City of New York; to protect, acknowledge, and empower affected persons and communities; and to recommend changes for government and institutions to prevent recurrence and perpetuation of harm. The Commission would be required to hold public proceedings and conduct public engagement activities to support the process, and to publish a report documenting its findings and recommendations. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 0242-2024
| * | Crystal Hudson | | | The creation of a truth, healing, and reconciliation process. | Introduction | This bill would require the Commission on Racial Equity to establish a Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation process in connection with the City’s historic involvement in slavery. The process’s objectives would be to establish historical facts about slavery in the City of New York; to protect, acknowledge, and empower affected persons and communities; and to recommend changes for government and institutions to prevent recurrence and perpetuation of harm. The Commission would be required to hold public proceedings and conduct public engagement activities to support the process, and to publish a report documenting its findings and recommendations. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 0279-2024
| * | Farah N. Louis | | | Black & BIPOC Care Package - Creating a task force to consider the impact of slavery and past injustices for African Americans in New York city and reparations for such injustices. | Introduction | This bill would require the Mayor to establish a temporary task force to study the impact of slavery and past injustices for African Americans in New York City and to consider solutions for such injustices, including but not limited to reparations. Such task force would consist of 9 members, including the Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for Equity, the Commissioner on Human Rights, and 7 members appointed by the Mayor and Speaker of the Council, which include diverse New Yorkers passionate about racial equity and social justice, as well as representatives of institutions, organizations, corporations, or associations that are organized or operated primarily for historical, cultural, educational, religious, or charitable purposes and which are connected to African American heritage, history, or culture. The task force would be required to prepare and submit a report of its findings and recommendations no later than 12 months after the final member of the task force is appointed, and be dissolved after the submission of such report. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 0279-2024
| * | Farah N. Louis | | | Black & BIPOC Care Package - Creating a task force to consider the impact of slavery and past injustices for African Americans in New York city and reparations for such injustices. | Introduction | This bill would require the Mayor to establish a temporary task force to study the impact of slavery and past injustices for African Americans in New York City and to consider solutions for such injustices, including but not limited to reparations. Such task force would consist of 9 members, including the Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for Equity, the Commissioner on Human Rights, and 7 members appointed by the Mayor and Speaker of the Council, which include diverse New Yorkers passionate about racial equity and social justice, as well as representatives of institutions, organizations, corporations, or associations that are organized or operated primarily for historical, cultural, educational, religious, or charitable purposes and which are connected to African American heritage, history, or culture. The task force would be required to prepare and submit a report of its findings and recommendations no later than 12 months after the final member of the task force is appointed, and be dissolved after the submission of such report. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 0401-2024
| * | Public Advocate Jumaane Williams | | | Prohibiting discrimination in the issuance of credit and requiring creditors to disclose to potential borrowers how their rate is calculated. | Introduction | This bill would expand on federal and state legislation by amending the city’s Human Rights Law to prohibit discrimination based on an individual’s membership in a protected class in the issuance of credit, would require creditors to disclose to potential borrowers how their rate is calculated, would require the NYC Commission on Human Rights to conduct outreach, and would require the NYC Commission on Human Rights to perform a credit discrimination investigation for a period of one year. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 0401-2024
| * | Public Advocate Jumaane Williams | | | Prohibiting discrimination in the issuance of credit and requiring creditors to disclose to potential borrowers how their rate is calculated. | Introduction | This bill would expand on federal and state legislation by amending the city’s Human Rights Law to prohibit discrimination based on an individual’s membership in a protected class in the issuance of credit, would require creditors to disclose to potential borrowers how their rate is calculated, would require the NYC Commission on Human Rights to conduct outreach, and would require the NYC Commission on Human Rights to perform a credit discrimination investigation for a period of one year. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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