Discrimination Report
The Commission released a report, Discrimination Against Muslims, Arabs and South Asians in New York City Since 9/11, revealing that Muslims, Arabs and South Asians believed that discrimination against their communities intensified after the attacks on the World Trade Center. The report documented 1,224 perceived incidents of discrimination in the areas covered by the NYC Human Rights Law: employment, housing, public accommodations, and bias -related harassment. The survey was translated into Arabic, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, and Urdu.

The survey revealed:
• 69% of the respondents believed that they were victims of one or more incidents of discrimination or bias-related harassment.
• 31% of the respondents believed that they did not experience discrimination following the attacks on the World Trade Center.
• 79% of the respondents indicated that their lives had been negatively affected
by the events of 9/11.

The Commission's survey and report were supported in part by a $7,500 grant from the New York Community Trust. Agencies assisting the Commission were: the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, The Arab-American Family Support Center, Chhaya, Community Development Corporation, The Council of Pakistan Organization, South Asian Youth Action!, South Asian Council for Social Services, and The Coney Island Avenue Project. The full report and the Commission's recommendations can be viewed on its website.