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Anti-Indigenous racism in New York (state) (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "History of racism in New York (state)" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The New York Human Rights Law (NYHRL) is article 15 of the Executive Law (which is itself chapter 18 of the Consolidated Laws of New York) which prohibits discrimination on the basis of "age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, marital status or disability" in employment, housing, education, credit, and access to public accommodations [1] The law was ...
Metropolitan Housing Development Corp, 429 U.S. 252 (1977), was a case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States dealing with a zoning ordinance that in a practical way barred families of various socio-economic, and ethno-racial backgrounds from residing in a neighborhood. The Court held that the ordinance was constitutional because there ...
It created the State Commission against Discrimination (later renamed to the New York State Division of Human Rights) and allocated funding for the board of commissioners. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The commission was given policy-making power in the area of civil rights, granted the ability to investigate claims of discrimination, and a process was outlined ...
New York City is also home to the highest number of immigrants from the Caribbean. [8] Since the earlier part of the 19th century, there has been a large presence of African Americans in New York City. [9] Early Black communities were created after the state's final abolition of slavery in 1827. [10]
The former Division of Parks was upgraded to become an independent agency, known as the New York State Office of Parks and Recreation. [7]: 40 Legislation enacted in 1972 gave the agency direct control of New York's park lands, with the State Council of Parks and regional commissions retaining an advisory role in management. The agency's name ...
The New York City metropolitan area is home to the largest population of Dominican ancestry in the United States, and as of 2023 Dominicans were the largest Hispanic group in the city, as well as the largest self-identified ethnic group in Manhattan. New York City is also home to the largest Jewish community outside Israel. [10]
New York City has seen a cycle of modest boom and a bust in the 1980s, a major boom in the 1990s, and mixed prospects since then. This period has seen severe racial tension, a dramatic spike and fall of crime rates, and a major influx of immigrants growing the city's population past the eight million mark.