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Text of the NYC Human Rights Law

Amendments

Legal Enforcement Guidance

Commission Rules

NYC Charter

Executive Orders

Advisories and Legal Notices

Amicus Briefs & Comments on Proposed Rules

Public Hearings

Settlement Highlights

Decisions & Orders

Law Review Articles


Amicus Briefs & Comments on Other Agencies' Proposed Rules

Amicus Briefs

The Commission contributes to amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs in ongoing litigation, including in the following cases.

Syeed v. Bloomberg (N.Y. Court of Appeals, December 2023)

National Women’s Law Center v. Office of Management and Budget (U.S Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit, October 2019)

Gerald Lynn Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia (U.S. Supreme Court, July 2019)

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (U.S. Supreme Court, October 2017)

Chauca v. Abraham (N.Y. Court of Appeals, September 2017)

Alston v. Starrett City (N.Y. Appeals Division 1st Dep’t, August 2017)

Gloucester County School Board v. G.G. (U.S. Supreme Court, March 2016)

Comments

The Commission regularly contributes to public comments on rules proposed by state and federal agencies that implicate the work of the Commission and the rights of communities protected by the NYC Human Rights Law.

Comments on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Rules On Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Health and Human Services Programs or Activities (November 2023)

Comments on EEOC Regulations to Implement the Pregnant Worker Fairness Act Rules (October 2023)

Comments on NY State Administrative Board of Courts Chief Judge Rule of the Chief Judge to Facilitate Requests for Judicial Accommodations Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (October 2023)

Comments on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Rules to Repromulgate and Revise Certain Regulatory Provisions of the HHS, Uniform Administrative Rule Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for HHS Awards as they relate to LGBTQIA+ protections (September 2023)

Comments on the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review (July 2020)

Comments on the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Proposed Rules on “Notice of Information Collection” (April 2020)

Comments on the United States Department of Health and Human Services Proposed Rules on “Nondiscrimination in Health and Health Education Programs or Activities” (August 2019)

Comments on the United States Department of Health and Human Services Proposed Rules on “Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care” (March 2018)

Comments on the Unified Court System Proposed Rule on “Gender Identity Expression Nondiscrimination Proposal” (February 2018)

Revised Recommendations for Reducing the Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission by Blood and Blood Products - joint letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, NYC Commission on Human Rights, and NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (November 2016)

Comments on New York State Division on Human Rights Proposed Rule on “Gender Identity Discrimination” (December 2015)