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INITIATIVE SPOTLIGHT

Speak out against gender-based harassment

NYC Human Rights Law protects New Yorkers from workplace discrimination based on gender, race, age, citizenship, or other reasons. As of January 2019, a new initiative further enforces some of these protections: the Gender-Based Anti-Harassment Unit, housed under the NYC Commission on Human Rights, will investigate claims of sexual- and gender-based harassment in the workplace, fast track high-priority cases, and curb instances of retaliation.

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