Commission Staff Member’s COVID-19 Work Recognized by City |
Flora Ferng, the Commission’s East Asian Communities Liaison, received the annual award given by the Department of Citywide Administrative Services and the Frederick O’Reilly Hayes Foundation for her work combating anti-Asian discrimination as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since February 2020, Flora has organized bias response town halls with community partners to educate Asian New Yorkers about their rights in the midst of heightened levels of discrimination, reaching thousands of people. Read more here.

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We’re Not Kidding Around |
A broker and several affiliated landlords told a single mom that they would not show her apartments because, according to them, she “had too many kids.” This is illegal discrimination, and after our investigation confirmed what happened, we settled the case, requiring the landlords and broker to pay $10,000 in damages and penalties and change their policies. Learn more about discrimination on the basis of presence of children. |
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