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NYC law banning discrimination based on height and weight goes into effect |
2023-11-28 |
They’re going to put things on lower shelves so I don’t have to climb up to get them? Yay!! Yeah, but they'll lock them down so you don't steal them![NYPOST] A new city law that bans discriminating against someone because of their height or weight went into effect last week, six months after Mayor Eric Adams ![]() first signed the legislation. The law adds those two categories to the list of characteristics that are protected from housing, job and public discrimination — alongside things like age, gender, race, religion and sexual orientation, according to the New York Times ![]() ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... "All New Yorkers, regardless of their body shape or size, deserve to be protected from discrimination under the law," NYC City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Councilman Shaun Abreu said in a joint statement Sunday. "Body size discrimination affects millions of people every year, contributing to harmful disparities in medical treatment and outcomes, blocking people from access to opportunities in employment, housing and public accommodations, and deepening existing injustices that people face," the statement added. "New York City is leading the nation with this groundbreaking anti-discrimination law." Related: Eric Adams: 2023-11-26 Pro-Palestinian activist group takes credit for vandalism of NY Public Library, targeting wall honoring Jewish donor Eric Adams: 2023-11-25 New York Housing Residents Miss Out on Thanksgiving Dinners After Illegal Aliens Get Them All Eric Adams: 2023-11-25 Around 2K pro-Palestinian protesters demand 'permanent end to occupation' of Gaza |
Posted by:Fred |
#8 Alas, gone are the days of signs like this:![]() |
Posted by: Punky Ghibelline7615 2023-11-28 16:35 |
#7 I guess I could have eaten more at Thanksgiving. |
Posted by: Ebbomong Poodle8310 2023-11-28 15:31 |
#6 no discrimination based upon shape or color of skin. simple n'est ce pas? |
Posted by: irish rage boy 2023-11-28 11:43 |
#5 They're good for when the shootin' starts. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2023-11-28 10:37 |
#4 That'll open up police recruitment. Do I need to put a /sarc on that? No, when they're allowed to just stand there and watch citizens and fellow cops be hammered to the ground by perps, it won't make any difference. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-11-28 10:28 |
#3 I'm a plus-size woman but I'm also very sexy and love showing off my curves - I'm 100% glorifying obesity |
Posted by: Skidmark 2023-11-28 09:48 |
#2 America’s Healthiest State Colorado Is Set To Ban ‘Fatphobia’ To Stop Discrimination |
Posted by: Skidmark 2023-11-28 09:17 |
#1 Breathlessly awaiting the Knicks hiring a 5'2" 220lb center. |
Posted by: Mercutio 2023-11-28 06:43 |