The law adds those two categories into the list of characteristics that are protected from discrimination, alongside things ...

Government bureaucrats cannot pursue every act of unfairness even when flush with cash, and New York City is broke.

A new law now in effect says employers can’t make hiring decisions based on height or weight and must protect heavier workers ...

People in New York City will now have legal recourse if discriminated for their height or weight after a new law went into effect Sunday. The law, which Mayor Eric Adams signed in May, added height ...

Effective November 22, 2023, New York City has added height and weight to the list of characteristics protected against discrimination in employment, public accommodations, and housing (and other real ...

New York City is about to become one of only a small number of US jurisdictions to implement protections against height- and ...

But later this month, height and weight discrimination in employment ... been on the books for decades. New York City’s new law effectuated the ban by adding height and weight to the list ...

America’s skinniest state will attempt to ban fatphobia next year, amid fears a quarter of the population face discrimination ...

The city's DOE is the latest among several schools and universities across the country being probed by the U.S. DOE.

New York's highest court on Monday upheld a New York City law that forbids police from using chokeholds or compressing a ...

New York City is poised to become a trailblazer in the fight against height- and weight-based discrimination in the workplace, joining a select group of U.S. jurisdictions taking decisive steps to ...