***MEDIA ADVISORY***
County Executive George Latimer Introduces Legislation Aimed at Combatting Discrimination in Westchester County.
Tuesday, June 15
2 p.m.
Michaelian Office Building
9th Floor
White Plains, NY 10601
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(White Plains, NY) – When Westchester County Executive George Latimer took office in 2018, he made it a priority to strengthen and revitalize the Westchester County Human Rights Commission. Tomorrow, joined by the Westchester County Human Rights Commission and representatives from some of the County’s volunteer advisory boards, Latimer will introduce legislation further strengthening the Commission and aimed at combatting discrimination in Westchester County. Latimer helped establish the Commission with State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and former Board Chair Lois Bronz during his time serving at the Board of Legislators.
Under current Westchester County Human Rights Law, it is unlawful to discriminate in relation to employment, public accommodations, housing accommodation, commercial space and land transactions, and the issuing of credit – but what the Human Rights Law does not currently protect against discriminatory harassment outside of these specific actions.
The proposed change by Latimer will make it a unlawful discriminatory practice for a person to by “force or threat of force, knowingly injure, intimidate or interfere with or threaten any other person in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to such other person by the constitution or laws of the United States, the constitution or laws of this state, or by local law, or by this chapter.”
For example, the change will prohibit interfering with a person’s right to the enjoyment of their home or residence, or to utilize and enjoy public transportation free from threats, intimidation, harassment, coercion or violence because of the person’s actual or perceived membership in a protected class.
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