NYC Council Introduction 866

intro.nyc/0866-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Enforcing the human rights law and conducting an information campaign for places of public accommodation.
Status: Committee Committee on Civil and Human Rights
Sponsored by Eric Dinowitz
Introduced: May 16, 2024

This bill would create an enforcement scheme for repeat violators of the City’s Human Rights Law (HRL). Under the scheme, repeat violators must carry out a remedial anti-discrimination plan, subject to supervision by the City Commission for Human Rights (CCHR), for a period of 1 to 5 years. The supervision period may be extended for noncompliance with the plan or for additional violations of the HRL. CCHR must consider imposing a supervised remedial plan any time a covered entity violates the HRL three times in a two-year span. This bill would also require CCHR to conduct a public information campaign on best practices for places of public accommodation, including educational institutions, to comply with the HRL.