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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

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 Have Rights

Legal Rights for Immigrant and Religious Communities and Communities of Color in NYC.

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Learn how to contact the Commission when you experience discrimination by downloading our resource list.

About the Campaign

The NYC Commission on Human Rights launched this citywide anti-discrimination campaign to affirm New Yorker's right to live, work, and pray free from discrimination and harassment. The campaign, which included ads, PSA videos, and community events, follows a significant increase in reports of discrimination and bias incidents in NYC to the NYC Commission on Human Rights.

The Commission saw a 60 percent increase in overall reports of discrimination and bias incidents in 2016, a trend that continued into 2017.

Reports of discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and immigration status increased by 30 percent in 2016.

The Commission in 2017 investigated over 30 percent more complaints of discrimination than the same time last year, with more than 1,600 open cases of discrimination in May 2017 (launch date of this campaign) compared to 1,200 in May 2016.

More than 40 percent of all open cases at the Commission (more than 700 cases) involve discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and immigration status.

In fact, the Commission more than doubled the number of investigations into race, religion, national origin, and immigration status over the last two years, filing 823 complaints in those areas in 2016 and 2015 combined compared to 418 complaints in 2014 and 2013 combined.

Every New Yorker has the right to live free from discrimination and harassment. The NYC Human Rights Law, enforced by the NYC Commission on Human Rights, is one of the strongest anti-discrimination laws in the country, and protects you from discrimination based on race, color, religion, immigration status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender and gender identity, among other protected categories.

In this city, you have the right to file a complaint with the Commission when you feel you have experienced discrimination. If you feel you have been discriminated against, take action. Contact the NYC Commission on Human Rights at (212) 416-0197 or visit your local Community Service Center.

In the News

Campaign Press Release

Buzzfeed: NYC launches anti-discrimination campaign

NY1: City Launches Anti-Discrimination Ad Campaign in the face of Rising Bias Crimes

Time Out: NYC launches an anti-discrimination campaign to encourage inclusiveness

Brooklyn Reader: City Launches Anti-Discrimination Campaign Responding to Rise in Bias Incidents

DNAInfo: WATCH: City Launches Anti-Discrimination Ad Blitz Amid Surge in Bias Crimes

El Diario: NYC lanza campaña antidiscriminación

Univision: Una campaña contra la discriminación defiende el derecho a hablar español

Voices of NY: City Launches New Anti-Bias Campaign

United Daily News (Taiwan): NYC launches anti-discrimination campaign

Publications & Materials

Commission Resources List: your go-to guide on how to get in touch with the Commission should you need to file a complaint of discrimination, want to sign up for a free Human Rights workshop, or simply want more information on how the Commission makes sure your rights are protected in New York City.

#YouHaveRightsNYC Flyer: small flyer offering contact information for the Commission on Human Rights. Good for distributing to members, employees, and at events. (avaiable in English, Spanish, Arabic, Bengali, French, Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Russian)

Immigrants Rights Brochure: brochure detailing protections for immigrants in New York City. (available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Haitian Creole, Korean, Bengali, French).

Protections Against Religious Discrimination Brochure: brochure on the rights of people of faith living in or visiting NYC. (availabile in English, Spanish, Urdu, Turkish, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, French, Hindi, Russian, Chinese).

#IAmMuslimNYC Fact Sheet: one-pager on the protections offered to Muslim New Yorkers and New Yorkers of Faith under the City Human Rights Law. (available in English, Spanish, Urdu, Turkish, Arabic, French, Bengali).

Discriminatory Harassment Brochure: brochure defining discriminatory harassment and the threats, intimidation, harassment, coercion, or violence that are illegal under the City Human Rights Law. (available in English, Spanish, French, Russian, Haitian Creole, Arabic, Yiddish, Punjabi).

Discriminatory Harassment Fact Sheet: one-pager detailing 5 key facts about discriminatory harassment under the NYC Human Rights Law (available in English, Spanish, French, Russian, Haitian Creole, Arabic, Yiddish, Punjabi).

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Events

The Commission hosted a series of community events tied to the campaign to further educate the City's diverse communities about their rights and how to file discrimination complaints with the Commission. These "You Do Have the Right in Your Neighborhood" events, throughout Spring/Summer 2017, ranged from panel discussions on race, faith, culture, and human rights to festivals that celebrate diverse communities and the values that unite them and make them stronger against discrimination. Listed below are some of the events that took place.

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May 22, 6PM to 8PM
Different Faiths, One Struggle: The NYC Commission on Human Rights, alongside JCC Harlem and Council Member Bill Perkins, will host a forum to discuss the crucial role faith communities played during the Civil Rights Movement and how faith communities can partner with city government to continue to protect human rights.

Location: JCC Harlem, 318 W 118th St, New York, NY 10026
Manhattan

June 15, 7PM to 9:30PM
Interfaith LGBT Iftar Dinner: The Commission will join with LGBTQ and Muslim groups to co-sponsor an Interfaith LGBT Iftar to celebrate Pride & Ramadan.

Location: The LGBT Center 218 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011
Manhattan

June 16, 7:30AM - 9:30AM
Transit Day of Outreach in support of You Do Have The Right NYC Campaign.
Manhattan

June 16
Iftar in the City: The Commission will join the Mayor's Offices of Immigrant Affairs and Community Affairs Unit to host the "Longest Table" iftar event in the heart of New York City, bringing together Muslim and non-Muslim communities to celebrate diversity and fight Islamophobia.

Location: Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Brooklyn

June 18, 5PM to 7:30PM
"Loving Staten Island" Friendship Dinner: The Commission will join Project Hospitality for a dinner to bring together Staten Islanders from different neighborhoods, faith traditions, and ethnic backgrounds to discuss how communities can combat discrimination.

Location: Pride Center of State Island, 24 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10301
Staten Island

June 24, 10:30AM to 2PM
The Commission will co-host a domestic workers convening with Department of Consumer Affairs and Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, along with partner organizations National Domestic Workers Alliance, Cornell ILR, and Adhikaar.

Location: PS 69, 77-02 37th Ave, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Queens

June 29, 6PM to 8PM
Race, Community, and Human Rights in Bed-Stuy: A Conversation (June 20, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.) The Commission will host a panel discussion featuring L. Joy Williams of the NAACP, Kirsten Foy of the National Action Network, Rabbi Bob Kaplan of The Center for Community Leadership, and Dr. Alfonso Wyatt of the Jericho Faith-Based Technical Assistance Project, to lead a community conversation on the role that local government can play in protecting human rights in the face of demographic change in the traditionally Black community of Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Location: Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza, 1368 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
Brooklyn