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...
Mar 26, 2024 | Cinnaminson Township Board of Education | Discrimination | Division on Civil Rights. Enforcement Actions | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Division Announces Findings of Probable Cause in Three Cases Involving Alleged Gender and Pregnancy Discrimination For Immediate Release: March 27, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision on Civil Rights- Sundeep Iyer,...
Mar 12, 2024 | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Civil Rights | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has launched the Community Peacemaker Collaborative, a new initiative designed to respond to the rise in bias and hate in New Jersey, including the significant uptick in antisemitism and Islamophobia in recent months.
Mar 7, 2024 | 2021 | 2022 | anti-Arab | anti-Black | anti-Jewish | anti-Muslim | Antisemitism | Bias Crimes Public Awareness Campaign | Bias Incident Dashboard | Bias Incident Report | bias intimidation | Black | hate | Hispanic | Islamophobia | Jewish | Latinx/e | No Hate in the Garden State | Office of Justice Data | Preliminary Data | statistics | The Department of Law and Public Safety (LPS) | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division of Criminal Justice | Division on Civil Rights | Office of Justice Data | Press Release | Racial Justice
Public Awareness Bias Campaign and Interactive Public Bias Data Dashboard Launched to Help Combat Rising Number of Bias Incidents For Immediate Release: March 7, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General For Further Information: Media...
