Federal Judge finds that County's claims regarding "affirmatively furthering fair housing" obligations were "false or fraudulent." More than $50 million of federal funds involved.
The Appellate Division, First Department has issued the first appellate ruling that takes seriously the obligation to interpret the provisions of the City Human Rights Law independently and liberally in order to fulfill the "uniquely broad and remedial" purposes of the law.
Pedro Espada continues to stall most legislation designed to provide new life to the rent-regulation system that the Pataki administration tried to kill.
A federal District Court Judge has ruled that the language of the New York City Human Rights Law is to be respected, and therefore employers are, as the law provides, strictly liability for discriminatory harassment that is engaged in by supervisory or managerial personnel.
Bloomberg to wealthy: we need you! Bloomberg to middle class: you can go!