Hanif frames disability discrimination as most common CCHR claim
Hanif notes millions of New Yorkers live with disabilities and disability is now the most common basis of claims filed with CCHR. She says strong protections on paper mean little if New Yorkers cannot access them in practice.
Millions of New Yorkers live with disabilities, and disability discrimination is now the most common basis of claims filed with CCHR.
New York City has some of the strongest civil rights protections in the country.
Our human rights law provides broader protections for people with disabilities than state or federal law, including the right to reasonable accommodations and a good faith cooperative dialogue with employers, landlords,
and businesses and their accessibility needs.
But strong protections on paper mean very little if New Yorkers cannot access them in practice.
Rights without meaningful enforcement are promises unfulfilled.