
The NYC Human Rights Law, Title 8 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, prohibits discrimination in New York City. Individuals are protected from discrimination in many areas, based on a number of protected classes.
Areas Covered by the Human Rights Law:
Protected Classes under the Human Rights Law:
- Age
- Alienage or citizenship status
- Color
- Disability
- Gender (including sexual harassment)
- Gender Identity
- Marital status and partnership status
- National origin
- Pregnancy
- Race
- Religion/Creed
- Sexual orientation
- Status as a Veteran or Active Military Service Member
Additional protections are afforded in employment based on:
Additional protections are afforded in housing based on:
The City Human Rights Law requires that the complaint be filed within one year of the last alleged act of discrimination (or three years for gender-based harassment).
The alleged act of discrimination must have taken place within, or have sufficient connection to, the five boroughs of New York City for a complaint to be filed with the NYC Commission on Human Rights.