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21 Law Lines 1 (1997)

handle is hein.lbr/lalins0021 and id is 1 raw text is: Ill to II '11111 Ill li Volume 21, No. 1 January/February 1997 Research Guide to the New York City Commission on Human Rights by Eric Matusewitch The New York City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR or Commission) is responsible for safeguarding the civil rights of eight million New Yorkers. Specifically, it enforces the New York City Human Rights Law, one of the oldest and most comprehensive anti-bias ordinances in the country (N.Y.C. Admin. Code, sec. 8-101, et seq.) The Law bars discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations on the basis of fourteen factors, including race, color, creed, age, gender, disabil- ity, secual orientation and national origin. The Human Rights Law also requires the Commission to foster mu- tual understanding and respect, to study problems of htolerance, and to develop techniques for achieving har- onious intergroup relations. CCHR performs these herculean tasks with a staff of about 140 people housed in the Central Office and in seven field offices throughout New York City's five boroughs. The following information is intended as a guide to significant publications by and about CCHR and the New York City Human Rights Law. Many of the government publications discussed are housed in the Municipal Reference and Research Center (MRRC), located at 31 Chambers Street (212/788-8590). The Commission issues an Annual Report, which In This Issue Spotlight on You ........... ............... 5 Grants and Scholarships Announcements ................ 6 City of New York Council Digest ................... 7 Charts and Surveys of Interest ..... ........... 8 Pro Bono Value ......... ................ 8 Report from the Advertising Chair........................... 10 Report on Law Librarianship .......... ........... 11 Membership News ............. ........... 12 Union List of Serials ............ .......... 13 Teach-In Reaches 5th Year Milestone .......... 14 Union List Suggestion & Participation Forms .......... 15 LLAGNY Internship Program ....... .......... 17 New Member Form ............. ......... 19 Grant Application ....................... 23 Volunteer Form ......................... 25 LLAGNY Job Hotline..................... 26 Calendar ...................... .......27 reviews the work of its eight bureaus, offices, and divisions, and includes narrative and statistical informa- tion about complaint intake and processing. For example, the most recent Report indicates that in fiscal year 1996, 1,200 bias complaints were filed with CCHR and nearly 1,600 active complaints were resolved. Another useful section of the Annual Report contains descriptions of cases decided by the Hearings Bureau, with listings of monetary awards. MRRC has a collection of CCHR An- nual Reports dating back to 1959. For a more succinct discussion of the administrative and law enforcement achievements of the Commission, see The Mayor's Man- agement Report for Fiscal 1996 (Vol. I, Agency Narratives, pp. 245-248). Available CCHR Reports Over the past four decades, the Commission has held public hearings and issued follow-up reports on a variety of discrimination and community relations topics. Among the more interesting reports are: Employment Problems of Ex-offenders (1972), Gay and Lesbian Discrimination Project Two Year Report on Complaints of Sexual Orientation Discrimination, November 1983- October 1985(undated), Breaking the Us v Them Barrier: A Report on Police/Community Relations (December 1993), and Building Barriers: Discrimination in New York City's Construction Trades (December 1993). CCHR has periodically issued surveys of the New York City government workforce, broken-down by race and gender. The following two surveys can be found in MRRC: The Ethnic Survey: A Report on the Number and Distribution of Negroes, Puerto Ricans and Others Employed by the City of New York (March 16, 1964) and Employment of Minorities, Women and the Handicapped in City Government: A Report of a 1971 Survey (September 1973). These can be useful in historical research or in mapping changing trends over time. The most recent statistics can be found in the appendix of the 1996 Annual Report of the New York City Equal Employment Practices Commission. (This agency is discussed further below). continued on page 9 1

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