Tag: DISCRIMINATION
In the hierarchy of New York real estate, somewhere between the slumlords and the moguls (who are sometimes the same), lie the shadowy figures who sit on Co-Op boards, controlling who gets to live in a building based on a mysterious set of criteria that can easily veer into discrimination. One such board, which oversees […]
The New York Times reports that 88,000 applications have been submitted by hopeful city residents trying to snag one of the 55 affordable housing units in the so-called “poor door” building on the Upper West Side. The “poor door,” the term given to the designated entrance for lower-income renters that’s located on a different street […]
It’s about time: Someone from within the organization has finally stood up to the bullies at the Boy Scouts of America, who have imposed a national ban on openly adult gay members. And guess what? The BSA did not implode. NBC New York reports that the Boy Scouts’ Greater New York Council has brought 18-year-old […]
Despite instructions from federal and state law enforcement agencies, 20 New York school districts have been effectively preventing undocumented immigrant children from enrolling in school. The state attorney general’s office is now requiring these school districts change their enrollment polices, reports the New York Times. The Times in October found that Long Island schools were […]
Nurses and other medical professionals at Bellevue hospital are reporting many instances of the public mistreating or discriminating against them out of fear of being contaminated by the Ebola virus. After Dr. Craig Spencer was taken to Bellevue and confirmed to be first NYC case of Ebola, many people have had irrational fears of infection […]
