May 16, 2024 | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued 19 Notices of Violation to a Millstone, NJ-based property management company, for allegedly violating New Jersey’s Fair Chance in Housing Act (FCHA).
May 14, 2024 | bias-based harassment | Division on Civil Rights | Guidance on Protections for Remote Workers | LAD | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | workplace discrimination | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Defending our Workforce | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued guidance explaining protections afforded by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) to individuals who work remotely for New Jersey-based employers.
May 8, 2024 | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division on Civil Rights | Home Appraisal Discrimination Initiative | Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal Valuation Equity | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) | New Jersey State Real Estate Appraiser Board | Newark NAACP | NJHMFA’s First-Time Homebuyer Program | Wealth Disparity Task Force | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) and Division of Consumer Affairs (DCA) have launched several new public education resources as part of Attorney General Platkin’s Home Appraisal Discrimination Initiative.
Apr 22, 2024 | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
A Somerset County, New Jersey, man has been charged with a federal hate crime for breaking into the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University (CILRU) in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and destroying property, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger for the District of New Jersey, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and New Jersey State Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced.
Apr 17, 2024 | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued Findings of Probable Cause in 10 cases alleging that landlords and real estate agents violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) by denying housing to individuals who stated that they wished to pay their rent using Section 8 vouchers, a form of government rental assistance.
Apr 3, 2024 | Alleged Disability Discrimination | Crowne Plaza Edison Hotel | disabilities | Division on Civil Rights | employers | Enforcement Actions | equal access | Findings of Probable Cause | housing providers | Law Against Discrimination | NJLAD | places of public accommodation | reasonable accommodations | wheelchair-accessible restroom | wheelchairs | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Hotel Allegedly Failed to Provide Accessible Restrooms for Spina Bifida Conference Attendees For Immediate Release: April 3, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision on Civil Rights- Sundeep Iyer, Director For Further...
