Oct 31, 2023 | Atlantic County | Bergen County | Division on Civil Rights | Enforcement Actions | Essex County | Finding of Probable Cause | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | Ocean County | Passaic County | Source of Income Discrimination | Union County | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination Bars Landlords from Discriminating Against Potential Tenants Based on Their Receipt of Government Rental Assistance.
Oct 30, 2023 | COVID-19 | Disability Discrimination | Division of Law | Division on Civil Rights | Mercer County Community College | Settlement | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division of Law | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has entered into a Consent Order and Decree resolving a complaint alleging that Mercer County Community College discriminated against an employee who contracted COVID-19.
Oct 30, 2023 | 2023 General Election | Election Fraud | election officials | improper electioneering | Law Enforcement | Right to Vote | voter intimidation | voters | voting-related legal matters Attachments: none | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Key measures continue the Voter Protection Initiative announced in October 2022.
Oct 27, 2023 | 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.
Oct 19, 2023 | Assurances of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) | Discrimination | Exclusionary Marriage License Applications | LAD | Law Against Discrimination | LGBTQIA+ | Marriage Equality Enforcement Initiative | Marriage Licenses | Municipalities | notices of violation | Resolutions | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Five Municipalities Received Notices of Violation for Posting LGBTQIA+ Exclusionary Marriage License Applications or Marriage License Information on their Websites.
Oct 16, 2023 | CROWN Act | Division on Civil Rights | Gloucester County Institute of Technology | Hair Styling Education | Civil Rights | Division of Law | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) today announced an agreement with the Gloucester County Vocational-Technical School District that ensures the cosmetology program at the Gloucester County Institute of Technology (GCIT) will instruct all of its students in the theory and practice of styling Black and other textured hair.