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Fair Chance Housing Act

Together NYC

Height and Weight Protections

Source of Income Discrimination

Disability Protections

Pay Transparency

Being Seen in NYC

Black Business Solidarity Initiative

Condemning Immigration Detention Conditions

COVID-19

Credit History Discrimination

Discriminatory Harassment

Discrimination Survey Report

Fair Chance Employment Act

Fair Housing NYC

Gender Identity and Expression

I Still Believe in Our City

I Am Muslim NYC

Jewish New Yorkers

LGBTQI Protections

May We Know Our Own Strength

Meals as Collective Memory

Protections for Domestic Violence Survivors

Salary History Discrimination

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Testimonial Video Series

While Black in NYC

Women's Rights

You Have Rights NYC


"You Do It With Your Heart": Black Business Solidarity Initiative

You Do It With Your Heart highlights the economic power of Black New Yorkers and the cultural significance of Black-owned businesses, which have long been a cornerstone of New York City neighborhoods. In this new multimedia series, Black business owners share their backgrounds, and discuss how they have been affected by the economy, COVID-19, and growing gentrification. Their oral histories play over stunning images taken by the Commission's Public Artist in Residence, renowned photographer Andre D. Wagner.

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In recognition of the efforts of Black business owners during COVID-19, the Commission amplified this multimedia series into an out-of-home and print advertising campaign. Through key placements, we sought to share our gratitude to Black business owners directly. Placements included the New York City subway and in print community and ethnic media outlets such as Amsterdam News, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, El Diario, and the Queens Gazette.

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NYC Department of Cultural Affairs' Public Artists in Residence (PAIR) is a municipal residency program that embeds artists in city government to propose and implement creative solutions to pressing civic challenges. Learn more about the PAIR program.

The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) works to support New York City's thriving creative economy and make it accessible to all, coordinating film and television production throughout the five boroughs.

Weeksville Heritage Center is a historic site and cultural center in Central Brooklyn that uses education, arts and a social justice lens to preserve, document, and inspire engagement with the history of Weeksville, one of the largest free Black communities in pre-Civil War America, and the Historic Hunterfly Road Houses.

Flatbush Development Corporation (FDC) is dedicated to meeting the needs of a diverse and vibrant Brooklyn. FDC identifies and responds to these needs by building partnerships, creating programs, and developing campaigns that promote enhanced quality of life, safety, equity, and preservation of our community.

Black Entrepreneurs NYC (BE NYC), an initiative of the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS), is a groundbreaking model for a major American city to help create equity of opportunity by advancing Black entrepreneurship. Learn more and get involved at nyc.gov/benyc.

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