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 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.
Jul 31, 2024 | Alleged Disability Discrimination | Bergen | Burlington | Camden | DCR | Division on Civil Rights | Enforcement Actions | Garfield Avenue | inoperable elevator | Jersey City | Law Against Discrimination | Let’s Celebrate Urban Renewal LLC | Management Companies | NJLAD | Notice of Violations | Ocean | perceived disability | Property Owners | residents protections | Union | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Apartment Building’s Sole Elevator Inoperable Since November 2023, Allegedly Denying Equal Access to Residents With Disabilities.
Jul 23, 2024 | "interactive process" | Alleged Disability Discrimination | Bergen | Burlington | Camden | DCR | Division on Civil Rights | Enforcement Actions | Findings of Probable Cause | Law Against Discrimination | Management Companies | Mill Run at Union | NJLAD | Ocean | Office of Administrative Law | Property Owners | severe or pervasive harassment of tenants | Superior Court | Union | 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) today announced that DCR has issued Findings of Probable Cause in eight additional cases alleging management companies and housing providers discriminated against tenants on the basis of disability in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD).
