Sep 12, 2024 | Bias in K-12 Schools | Division on Civil Rights | Law Against Discrimination | Law Against Discrimination (LAD) | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Attorney General Statement | Bias and Discrimination | Child Protection | Civil Rights | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Sundeep Iyer, Director of the Division on Civil Rights, have issued a statement in response to the recent rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia in K-12 schools and on college and university campuses.
Sep 11, 2024 | ferry rides | grief | Jersey City | loss | memorial service | New Jersey Department of Human Services | New Jersey State Police | New York City | Red Cross | September 11 | surviving family members | VCCO | Victims | Victims of Crime Compensation Office | Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | VIVA | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Press Release | Victims of Crime Compensation Office
For Immediate Release: September 11, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance- Patricia Teffenhart, Executive DirectorVictims of Crime Compensation Office- Mary Ellen Bonsper,...
Sep 9, 2024 | condominium association | Condominium Owner | discriminatory and harassing slurs | Division on Civil Rights | Enforcement Actions | Findings of Probable Cause allege that the alleged harasser | Harassment in Housing | National Origin and Sex | Neptune | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) | Russian | The Summit | threats | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Homeowner and Condominium Association in Neptune Allegedly Failed to Take Adequate Action to End Bias-Based Harassment For Immediate Release: September 9, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision on Civil Rights- Sundeep Iyer,...
Sep 5, 2024 | amicus briefs | California | DCR | Discrimination | Division on Civil Rights | Harassment | Kansas v. U.S. Department of Education | LGBTQ+ Students | Louisiana v. U.S. Department of Education | New Jersey | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | Pennsylvania | sex discrimination | Title IX | U.S. Court of Appeals | U.S. Department of Education Final Rule | Bias and Discrimination | Diversity & Inclusion | Division of Law | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that New Jersey, California, and Pennsylvania co-led two amicus briefs on behalf of a multistate coalition in federal appellate courts to further defend Title IX’s protections of all students, including LGBTQ+ students, from gender-based harassment and sex discrimination, and to reverse a preliminary injunction that could affect certain schools in their states.
Aug 27, 2024 | "NOVs" | adolescent smoking | candy | chocolate | civil penalties | DCA | Division of Consumer Affairs | Flavored Vapor Products Banned in New Jersey | fruit | mint | notices of violation | Child Protection | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Statutes, Regulations & Rules | Uncategorized
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs (“Division”) announced today that 19 New Jersey retailers were issued Notices of Violation (“NOVs”) and assessed civil penalties of $4,500 each for allegedly violating the state’s consumer protection laws by offering and selling flavored vapor products that are banned for sale in New Jersey.
