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Year |
Title |
Description |
| 1 |
1935 |
The Negro in Harlem: A Report on Social and
Economic Conditions Responsible for the Outbreak of March 19, 1935
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Report by The Mayor's Commission on Conditions in Harlem
(experts and community leaders appointed by Mayor LaGuardia) to understand
the causes or contributing issues to the disturbances in Harlem on March 19,
1935. Report covers topics including employment, education, health, housing,
and crime. 127 pgs. (Credit: The Municipal Archives of NYC) |
| 2 |
1944 |
Announcement of the Formation of the Mayor's Committee
on Unity
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Brief statement by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia announcing the
formation of the Mayor's Committee on Unity to promote understanding and
mutual respect among all the racial and religious groups in the City. Includes names of 19 members appointed by
Mayor. 2 pgs. (Credit: The Municipal Archives of NYC) |
| 3 |
1944 |
Boulevard Prospect Area, Bronx, New York City
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Statistics and interviews of community leaders and
residents illustrate the factors such as facilities and land use that affect
race relations and contribute to the social disorganization in the
Boulevard-Prospect neighborhood. Report done for the Mayor's Committee on
Unity by Honor Students at Hunter College. 82 pgs. (Credit: The City Hall Library of NYC) |
| 4 |
1944 |
Mayor's Committee on Unity - Statement of Charles E. Hughes,
Chairman
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Comments by Charles Evans Hughes discussing why the
Mayor's Committee on Unity was formed and how it will function. 1 pg. (Credit: The Municipal Archives of NYC) |
| 5 |
1945 |
Report of the Mayor's Committee on Unity on the
Benjamin Franklin High School Incident
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Results of an investigation, at the Mayor's request, by
the Committee into a disturbance at Benjamin Franklin High School to
determine the validity of press statements regarding the account and racial
feelings in the school and whether there had been any instigation by adult
outsiders. Study was based on hearings and interviews with officials from the
school and Board of Education. Contains recommendations. 8 pgs. (Credit: The Municipal Archives of NYC) |
| 6 |
1948 |
Report to the Honorable William O'Dwyer, Mayor,
City of New York, on 125th Street Controversy
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A brief report by the Mayor's Committee on Unity on
meetings held to explore the claim by news and community groups that 125th Street merchants engaged in such practices as selling inferior merchandise,
charging exorbitant prices, not employing Negro professionals, refuse to
advertise and having no interest in the improvement and appearance of the
community. 8 pgs. (Credit: The City Hall Library of NYC) |
| 7 |
1951 |
Final Report to Mayor Vincent Impellitteri on the
Stork Club Controversy by the Mayor's Committee on Unity
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Report based on interviews with
Stork Club officials about a charge by Josephine Baker of racially
discriminatory treatment. The Committee called on the Stork Club to reissue a
public statement clarifying its policies regarding ‘service to all people
without regard to race, creed or color.' 3 pgs. |
| 8 |
1952 |
Achieving An Open Housing Market In New York City
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Outline by the Commission and the State Commission of
Discrimination for a speech considering problems and solutions to housing
issues of qualified families denied equal access because of race, religion or
place of birth. Emphasis on law enforcement and educational programs on panic
selling, flight, and property deterioration. Date inferred. 5 pgs. |
| 9 |
1956 |
Planning for Public Housing: Under the Public
Policy of New York City and State
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Address to Women's City Club of
New York by Frank S. Horne, Executive Director of the Commission describing a
reversal in the city's integrated public housing supply as white families are
movingout of public housing and Negroes, Puerto Ricans, and Chinese families
are moving in. The "Open City" policy can be applied to resolve the problem. 8 pgs. |
| 10 |
1956 |
A Statement on Housing Policy
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Address by Mayor Wagner delivered at the Joint Conference
of the National and NYS Committees Against Discrimination in Housing about
fair housing concerns The Commission issued this address as a policy
statement and a charge to achieve an open society where no one is barred from
shelter because of race, color, religion or ethnic origin. 7 pgs. |
| 11 |
1958 |
Intergroup-Relations Training and Discrimination in
Official Agencies of the City of New York
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Study by Gilbert David of intergroup-relations policies and practices in New York City agencies.
Interviews and conferences were held with various city officials and community
organizations to determine to what extent and how effectively city agencies
were training their employees to deal with minority groups. 31 pgs. |
| 12 |
1958 |
Interracial Housing in the United States
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In this Commission article reprint from Phylon
Quarterly, the Atlanta University Review of Race and Culture, Frank S.
Horne, Executive Director of the Commission, discusses the meanings of
interracial housing in New York City and the United States government's role
in moving that agenda forward. 8 pgs. |
| 13 |
1958 |
The New Law Against Discrimination
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In this Commission reprint from Real Estate News ,
Frank S. Horne, Executive Director of the Commission corrects
misinterpretations of the newly passed Fair Housing Practices Bill (April
1958) and clarifying the role and policy of the Commission in the
administration of the law. 3 pgs. |
| 14 |
1958 |
Psychology of Racial Prejudice: An Aspect of Mental
Health
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Speech by Dr. Alfred J. Marrow on the psychological impact
of discrimination on both the oppressors and the oppressed in society. 8 pgs. |
| 15 |
1959 |
Immorality of the Ghetto
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Address by Dr. Frank S. Horne at the presentation
ceremonies of the James J. Hoey Award for Interracial Justice. The root of
the immorality of the ghetto is grounded in the racially restricted
residential pattern that leads to delinquency, school segregation and racial
tension. 7 pgs. |
| 16 |
1959 |
Pilot
Study on How to Implement the Fair Housing Practices Law in New York City
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Survey undertaken for the Commission by the Institute of
Motivational Research to determine attitudes toward an open housing policy in
New York City through interviews with real estate owners, managers, and
tenants. Also contains suggestions of practical means by which the Fair
Housing Practices Law can be implemented in middle income multiple dwellings. 42 pgs. |
| 17 |
1959 |
Trends in the Racial Distribution of New York City
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Ecological description by Harold Goldblatt of the trends
in racial distribution in NYC between 1950 and 1957 based on the census data
from both those years that included the racial composition of census
tracts. Data is analyzed for the city
as a whole and separately by borough to determine changes in racial
distribution. 15 pgs. |
| 18 |
1960 |
Pilot Study on the State of Intergroup Relations in
New York City with Reference to Anti-Semitic Vandalism
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Study by Institute for Motivational Research for the
Commission on the State of intergroup tensions between various racial, ethnic
and religious groups including recent acts of anti-Semitic vandalism. In-depth interviews with residents of 4
out of 5 Boroughs with forty individuals of varying socio-economic status. 70
pgs. |
| 19 |
1961 |
The Cost of Quality of Housing in White and Negro
Areas of New York City, 1960
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Published speech by Harold Goldblatt exploring patterns
and trends of racial distribution, quality of housing in the area, and
rentals charged based on an analysis of census tract data from the 1960
census. 8 pgs. |
| 20 |
1961 |
Evaluations of the Fair Housing
Practices Law by Landlords and Brokers Three Years After Passage of the Law
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Discussion by Harold Goldblatt about the attitude toward
and effects of the Fair Housing Practices Law's implementation based on
replies to questionnaires mailed to real estate brokers and landlords. 9 pgs. |
| 21 |
1961 |
The First Year of the Open Enrollment Program: A
Pilot Study
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Analysis of first year of operation of Open Enrollment
Plan of the Board of Education by Professor Gerhart Saenger through
interviews with 100 parents of Negro and Puerto Rican 5th graders
transferred to predominantly white schools. Discusses successes/failures of plan, provides suggestions for future
improvement of plan, lays groundwork for more comprehensive study. 40 pgs. |
| 22 |
1961 |
From 1790 to 1960: Negroes in New York
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Historical report by Florence Cromien of the Negro
population of NYC recording the growth and expansion of Negroes from 1790-1960
and how this growth contributed to the growth of NYC. This study compares the
growth of immigrant communities to that of native Negro people noting a
concentration in large cities creates de facto segregation. 11 pgs. |
| 23 |
1961 |
Intergroup Relations in a Changing Neighborhood: A
Pilot Study of Attitudes in East Tremont
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Pilot study identifying a need to measure and improve intergroup
attitudes without waiting for a ‘trigger' incident to signal tensions. Also
discusses the need to prioritize positive intergroup programming. Pilot study
of attitudes in East Tremont via an attitude questionnaire to explore a more
objective measure of community tensions rather than relying on the subjective
field worker's decision. Discusses distinctions between social and
psychological tensions and provides a baseline for other communities. 23 pgs. |
| 24 |
1961 |
Open Enrollment: An Assessment
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Reprint of article by Cyril Tyson originally for The
Journal of Educational Sociology. Discussion of the right of the Board of
Education to use "Open Enrollment" transferring Negro and Puerto Rican
students into de facto segregated schools. The effectiveness of this
and other integration techniques for achieving equality in education are
reviewed. 4 pgs |
| 25 |
1961 |
A Tale of Two Boroughs: A School Integration
Success Story
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History of integration of overcrowded and segregated
Bedford-Stuyvesant schools in Brooklyn into the predominantly white
Glendale-Ridgewood schools of Queens. Essay describes the use of community
relations techniques and programs ‘to combat tensions, to create sound
intergroup relations.' 11 pgs. |
| 26 |
1962 |
Can New York City Integrate Its Public Schools?
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Argument by Chair Stanley H. Lowell for the integration of
public schools including a history of desegregation laws and activities in
NYC. 12 pgs. |
| 27 |
1962 |
An Ethnic Study: Pupil Evaluations: Some Self-Perceptions and Teacher
Evaluations of Puerto Rican, Negro and White Pupils in the Fourth, Fifth, and
Sixth Grades of P.S. 198M
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Analysis by Harold Goldblatt and Cyril Tyson of
self-perceptions of Puerto Rican, Study of 4th, 5th,
and 6th grade pupils self-perceptions and teacher evaluations of
their status after a year in a newly-integrated school. 27 pgs. |
| 28 |
1962 |
The Fair Housing Law: The Effective Social Reach of the Fair Housing
Practices Law of the City of New York
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An analysis by Harold Goldblatt and Florence Cromien of
fair housing complaints made at the Commission during 3 years since the
passage of the Fair Housing Practices Law to see who filed complaints and
what outcome resulted. It also reviewed the racial composition of the
neighborhoods where the complainants resided and the racial composition of
the neighborhoods where they sought to live. 10 pgs. |
| 29 |
1962 |
Four years of the Fair Housing Practices Law of the
City of New York: Status of Complaints of Discrimination in Housing, April
1,1958- March 31, 1962
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An analysis of the 1,167formal and informal complaints
filed at the Commission since the Fair Housing Practices Law went into effect
4 years ago. Includes a breakdown by
year. 15 pgs. |
| 30 |
1962 |
Likes and Dislikes of Pupils in an Integrated
School (P.S. 198M): Interim Report
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Study of 4th-6th grade students in a recently-integrated school. Uses a questionnaire on their likes and dislikes to determine
their self-image and if it varied
according to how integrated their classrooms were. 17 pgs. |
| 31 |
1962 |
A Progress Report on Human Rights in New York City,
1955-1962
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Report summarizing statistics, achievements, activities,
and programs of the NYC Commission on Human Rights. 17 pgs. |
| 32 |
1962 |
Releasing Human Potential: A Study of East
Harlem-Yorkville School Bus
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Survey of parents whose children participated in the
transfer from East Harlem schools to Manhattan's Yorkville section. Overall
dramatic improvement in the children's school work, attendance and interest
in school. 36 pgs. |
| 33 |
1962 |
Room Assignments of Negro and White Patients at St. John's Episcopal
Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
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Report by Harold Goldblatt using statistics on sex, age,
race, income, mode of payment for services and race of attending physician to
investigate ‘allegations of discrimination against and segregation of Negro
patients and physicians.' 14 pgs. |
| 34 |
1962 |
Status of Complaints of Discrimination in Housing
under the Fair Housing Practices Law of the City of New York
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Summary and tables reporting the status of complaints and
settlements by the Commission of discrimination cases under the Fair Housing
Practices Law since its implementation. 13 pgs. |
| 35 |
1962 |
A Teacher's Guide to Integrated Education: A Set of
Operational Principles for the Teacher Which Provides Continuity Between the
Supreme Court Desegregation Decision, the Integration Policy of the Board of
Education, and the Teacher's Development of an Integrated Educational
Program.
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Set of operational principles prepared for teachers by
Cyril Tyson to provide continuity
between the Supreme Court desegregation decision, the integration policy of
the Board of Education, and the teacher's development of an integrated
educational curriculum. Date inferred. 8 pgs. |
| 36 |
1962 |
Trends in the Concentration and Dispersal of White
and Nonwhite Residents of New York City 1950 to1960
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Report by Harold Goldblatt and Mildred Zander examining
trends in the concentration and dispersal of white and nonwhite residents of
NYC from 1950-1960. The authors speculate that causative factors may involve
different social and economic characteristics of in-migrating Negroes and
outwardly moving whites. 15 pgs. |
| 37 |
1963 |
Bias in the Building Industry: An Interim Report to the Mayor
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Report of the City Commission on Human Rights on hearings
held in August through December of 1963 investigating allegations of
discrimination against Negroes and Puerto Ricans in the construction
industry. Findings noted a ‘pattern
of exclusion' in a number of labor unions. An updated report was issued in
1967, rept. #47. 42 pgs |
| 38 |
1963 |
Blockbusting: A Report on an Unethical Practice
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Report describing an investigation initiated by the
Commission in response to complaints of discriminatory real estate and
property transactions and lending practices in East New York, Brooklyn. It also described public hearings on
blockbusting, the first in the nation by a government agency. The report finds that blockbusting harms
the economic interests of both whites and minorities and shows unscrupulous and
disparate treatment by lenders toward minorities. The report recommends legislation and education. 11 pgs. |
| 39 |
1963 |
Equality in Our Time! "What We
Said, and What We Did Not
Say"
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Speech by Stanley H. Lowell, Chairman of the Commission
upon receiving the 1st ‘Torch of Liberty' award from the
Anti-Defamation League. Explains and
seeks the support of ADL for the Commission's controversial policy statement
broadening the definition of equal opportunity to affirmative actions to
overcome past discrimination. 12 pgs |
| 40 |
1963 |
Policy Statement on School Integration Adopted at
Commission Meeting: July 25, 1963
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Policy statement written by NYCCHR of proper procedure for
implementation of Board of Education's integration policy. 2 pgs. |
| 41 |
1964 |
The Ethnic Survey: A Report
on the Number and Distribution of Negroes, Puerto Ricans, and Others Employed
by the City of New York
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Survey and research report of 66 City agencies done by the
Commission on Human Rights in cooperation with the Civil Service Commission
and the Department of Personnel at the direction of Mayor Wagner. 80 pgs |
| 42 |
1964 |
Residential Stability in an Integrated,
Middle-Income Cooperative
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Research report by Harold Goldblatt examining a bi-racial
middle-income, cooperative apartment house in the East Bronx. The Commission
inquiring about their expectations for successful living in the integrated
complex sent residents questionnaires. One year later mailbox directories
were surveyed to see who had moved. 46 pgs. |
| 43 |
1964 |
Towards a Social Geography of New York City
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Report by Harold Goldblatt and Mildred Zander using census
data to examine 1) the socio-economic status (measured by education, income,
and occupation) of neighborhoods where Negroes and Puerto Ricans live in NYC;
2) how these measures of social status relate to each other; 3) how these
measures affect racial segregation and 4) rate of growth of minority group
population between 1950 and 1960. 60 pgs. |
| 44 |
1966 |
Residential Mortgage Financing and Minorities in
New York City
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Report by Robert Starr on the practices of lending
institutions that affect minority homebuyers. Summarizes the historical problems encountered by minorities in
obtaining home mortgages, identifies the issues faced specifically by NYC
minorities, and offers recommendations for arranging fair home mortgage home
financing for minorities. Summary of literature is supplemented by interviews
of real estate professionals, lenders, public officials and private
individuals. Specific focus on the problem that "Negroes" experience with
obtaining mortgage financing in southern Queens. Report includes
recommendations. 81 pgs. |
| 45 |
1966 |
A Study of Employment Patterns in the General Merchandise Group Retail
Stores in New York City Volume I
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A research report by Don O. Watkins and David McKinney of
62 retail firms and six retail unions to learn where African-Americans were
employed and what employment and advancement opportunities existed for them
in the industry. Volume 2 (rept.# 46)
contained appendices and tables. 83
pgs |
| 46 |
1966 |
A Study of Employment Patterns
in the General Merchandise Group Retail Stores in New York City: Volume II
Appendices
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Appendices and tables for rept #45. 70 pgs |
| 47 |
1967 |
Bias in
the Building Industry: An Updated Report, 1963-1967
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Report based on a series of Commission hearings and
investigations in 1966-1967 concerning the ethnic and racial imbalance in the
building and construction trades industry in NYC. The report is a follow-up to the report issued in 1963, rept #
37. 62 pgs |
| 48 |
1967 |
Community Values and Conflict, 1967: A Conference
Report
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Summary of national conference called by Commission for
leaders from black ghettos of large cities to meet with officials of city
administrations, civil rights leaders, and neutral members of other organizations
to address racial injustice and tension. 24 pgs. |
| 49 |
1967 |
New York City Conference on Community Action: November 20, 21, 1967
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Summary of conference call, keynote address, and workshop
reports by leaders from every phase of NYC community life addressing: (1) a
crisis of racial discrimination and class and caste distinctions that exists,
and (2) immediate steps that must be taken to alleviate this oppression and
deprivation. 30 pgs. |
| 50 |
1968 |
Affirmative Action Follow-Up to Advertising and
Broadcasting Hearing
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Report summarizing Commissions efforts to get data and
affirmative action program information from officials in these two
industries. This was a follow-up to the hearing held earlier in the year,
rept # 52. 35 pgs. |
| 51 |
1968 |
Education In Crisis : A Report on Decentralization, Teacher Training
And Curriculum In The New York City Public Schools
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Summary of public hearings on the operation of the 3 decentralized
school districts, IS 201, Ocean Hill-Brownsville and Two-Bridges. Hearings
organized in conjunction with the investigatory work of the special committee
appointed by Mayor Lindsay. Testimony from community, labor, religious, and
education leaders and private citizens. Issues addressed included:
anti-Semitism, racism, group tensions in the schools, decentralization,
teacher training and curriculum. 69 pgs. |
| 52 |
1968 |
Report of the Public Hearing on the Employment
Practices of the Broadcasting and Advertising Industries: The Image
Projection of Members of Minority Groups in Television and Radio
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Report summarizing Commission-sponsored public hearings
investigating patterns of minority group employment in the advertising and
broadcasting industries including data and testimony from witnesses in the
industry, academic and civil rights communities. Hearings also sought to
define ‘the nature of image projection' or "how the Negro and the Puerto
Rican are portrayed in the radio and television programs and commercials."
See related rept. # 50. 155 pgs. |
| 53 |
1968 |
Report on Three Demonstration Projects in the City
Schools from the New York City Commission on Human Rights
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Report covered three decentralized school districts - IS
201, Ocean Hill-Brownsville and Two-Bridges - looking at the impact of
decentralization on race relations in the schools, parental participation,
staffing, community control, and integration. Report incorporated observations from public hearings, rept.
#51. 27 pgs. |
| 54 |
1968 |
Report to Commissioners on Insurance Program (Automobile Liability)
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Survey of automobile insurance companies, brokers and
applicants to see if people were assigned to insurance plans in a discriminatory
manner. Finds that people of color in
poor neighborhoods were charged higher rates as part of the NY Assigned Risk
Plan. Report outlines many recommendations and directions for future
investigation. 8 pgs. |
| 55 |
1968 |
Statement of Jerome Kay--Commissioner NYC
Commission on Human Rights-- before the U.S Senate Committee on the
Judiciary, Subcommittee on Anti-trust and Monopoly-Washington, D.C.
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Testimony discussing the results of the 1968 investigation
of automobile insurance company practices in rept # 54. 14 pgs. |
| 56 |
1968 |
Testing Human Potential: Report of Conference on
New Techniques for Selecting Employees from Minority Groups
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Summary of presentations over two day national conference
from corporate, government, and educational leaders, from specialists in the
employment-testing field, and from representatives of "minority" groups affected by
discrimination in testing. Conference examined testing as a sophisticated
instrument of discrimination that could interfere with equal opportunity. 133
pgs |
| 57 |
1972 |
Arson, Vandalism and Other Racially Inspired
Violence in New York City: A Study of a New Phenomenon and Recommendations
for Action
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Investigations and analyses of incidents of arson and
vandalism in Rosedale, Briarwood, Forest Hills, and Ozone Park Queens, in
Bedford Park, Bronx, and Great Kills, Staten Island. Expresses Commission's
belief that only effective deterrent is intensive response by police. 34 pgs. (Credit: City Hall Library of NYC) |
| 58 |
1972 |
The Employment Problems of Ex-Offenders
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Report based on Commission hearings with testimony from
officials from correctional agencies, organizations, government, and the
formerly incarcerated. Reference is made to specific effects on
African Americans. Hearings led to
changes in City Human Rights Law. 279 pgs |
| 59 |
1972 |
Toward Better Jobs and Better Service in Household
Work: A Report and Recommendations Based on a Conference on Household Work
Held by the NYC Commission on Human Rights
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A report and recommendations from a conference addressing
the inadequate and insecure living provided by this household employment and
the growing needs for home and child care service. People from all parts of
the household service industry discussed how to improve conditions of and
access to household work. 80 pgs |
| 60 |
1973 |
The Employment of Minorities, Women and the
Handicapped in City Government: A Report of a 1971 Survey
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Commission survey at the direction of Mayor Lindsay inspired by the July 1972 amendment
to the 1964 Civil Rights Act to bring state and local governments, as
employers, under the jurisdiction of the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission. 123 pgs. |
| 61 |
1974 |
After Integration: Problems of Race Relations in
the High School Today: A Study of Madison High School with Recommendations
for New York City Schools
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A study of Madison High School after a series of racial
disturbances that forced the two-day closing of the school and disrupted a
ten-year history of incident-free integration. Analysis focused on
understanding and remedy seeking. 57 pg. |
| 62 |
1974 |
Remarks of Eleanor Holmes Norton (Chair of NYCCHR)
at Meeting of the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing
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Remarks underscoring the urgency of the problem of housing discrimination -
the ‘most critical civil rights issue in the 1970's' and the related
resegregation of urban communities because of white flight. Also contains a
critique of the lack of commitment from the Nixon administration and scarce
resources at HUD to enforce laws against housing discrimination. She also
mentions an innovative proposal submitted to HUD - a Neighborhood
Stabilization Program through block associations--to address the
destabilization of neighborhoods. 14
pgs. |
| 63 |
1975 |
Alternatives to Layoffs
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Report of a conference during the 1974-75 recession to
find ways to reduce layoffs and prevent women and minorities from bearing the
unequal burden of layoffs. See also rept. # 68. 71 pgs. |
| 64 |
1975 |
Behind Closed Doors: Discrimination by Private Clubs
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Summary by Edith Lynton of testimony at public hearings
and legal research toward ending exclusionary policies of private social
clubs. Commission's interest included
impact of discrimination on public accommodations and equal employment
opportunities. Commission's recommendations highlighted local, state, and
federal legislation to prevent discrimination by private clubs. 72 pgs. |
| 65 |
1975 |
Keynote Remarks of Eleanor
Holmes Norton (Commissioner of HR for NYC) at Sixth Annual Conference of
National Neighbors (Chicago, IL)
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Speech on the decline of the American city due to its failure
to adequately address the issue of racial integration in housing. Commissioner Norton critiques the lack of
federal enforcement tools to ensure fair housing and describes how a
Community Development Act grant awarded to the Commission will demonstrate
how stabilization methodology coupling community organizing and law
enforcement can reverse the decline of communities. 18 pgs. |
| 66 |
1975 |
Remarks of Eleanor Holmes Norton, Commissioner of
Human Rights of NYC at the 65th Annual Conference of the National
Urban League
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Speech on economic and social conditions of Black people
in the United States; discusses ways that Black women and men can work
together to provide social structures to support marriages and families in
the Black community. 20 pgs. |
| 67 |
1975 |
Unfinished Business Under Title VII
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Analysis by Eleanor Holmes Norton of EEOC after 10 years
of Title of VII with suggestions as to how the EEOC can maintain momentum and
improve the impact of its work. 42 pgs. |
| 68 |
1976 |
City Layoffs: The Effect On Minorities and Women
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Analysis of statistics from Mayoral agencies by job
category over 16 months when budget-driven layoffs were taking place. Policies to mitigate effects of layoffs on
minorities and women are included. See rept. # 63. 24 pgs. |
| 69 |
1976 |
Hiring Practices for Broadway Musical Orchestras:
The Exclusionary Effect on Minority Musicians
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After an opening statement from Ossie Davis, hearings
contain testimony from people from Broadway musical orchestra industry about
the process of employing musicians and how to open that process to remedy
racial exclusion and prevent discrimination. 358 pgs. |
| 70 |
1976 |
Lefrak City-Strategies for
Stabilization in an Apartment Complex
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The Commission developed a stabilization plan at the
request of the Lefrak City management after problems of a changing tenant
population and tenants and local residents reported management and
maintenance efforts at the large Queens high-rise development. This report of
the Commission's efforts reveals a strategy of law enforcement to address
redlining, racial steering, and blockbusting and community relations work to
address racial fears and attitudes. 39 pgs. |
| 71 |
1976 |
Lefrak City Reexamined: A
Follow-Up Report on Stabilizing the Development
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A follow-up investigation after 6 months to report #
considering the effectiveness of the Commission's neighborhood stabilization
activities at the large Queens development. 22 pgs. (Credit: The NYC City Hall Library) |
| 72 |
1977 |
The Challenge of Equality: The Work of the New York
City Commission on Human Rights 1970-1977
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Report on the work of the New York City Commission on
Human Rights over an 8 year period covering the tenure of Eleanor Holmes
Norton. 114 pgs. |
| 73 |
1977 |
Economic Investment and the Future of Neighborhoods
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Analysis of redlining and mortgage funding that leads to
disinvestment in minority neighborhoods, as well as the existing programs in
housing assistance and the laws protecting housing rights. Includes testimony and recommendations by
the Commission and a call for a comprehensive citywide neighborhood
reinvestment program. 111 pgs. |
| 74 |
1977 |
The First Year: A Status Report to the Community on
the Bronx Neighborhood Stabilization Program
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Evaluation/review of the first year of the Commission's
Neighborhood Stabilization Program in the northeast Bronx. 25 pgs. |
| 75 |
1977 |
Redlining in Southeast Queens
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Study of the inadequate mortgage lending practices of the
Dime Savings Bank of New York in the communities of Laurelton, Cambria
Heights, Rosedale and Brookville and recommendations for improvement. This
investigation was an outgrowth of the Commission's neighborhood stabilization
efforts in southeast Queens and those residents' ability to sustain their
community's economic and residential viability. 17 pgs. |
| 76 |
1978 |
Minority Employment and the Advertising Industry in
New York City
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An analysis of hiring and employment data in advertising
agencies that had signed conciliation agreements to see if minority
employment improved as a result. Follow up of Commission's earlier work on advertising industry. Also
see repts. #50, 52. 16 pgs. |
| 77 |
1978 |
Redlining in Rockaway
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Study of the mortgage lending practices of the Jamaica
Savings Bank and the Columbia Savings & Loan Association on the Rockaway
Peninsula. Analysis of a troubled area where mortgage loans and refinancings
were drained away. This mortgage disinvestment is called redlining and its
deleterious effect on neighborhoods is profound. See also rept. #78. 21 pgs. |
| 78 |
1978 |
Redlining In The Bronx
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Analysis of the mortgage lending activity of the Dollar
Savings Bank in the Bronx as in rept #77. Investigation singles out the practice of redlining as a major cause
of neighborhood instability and deterioration. 21 pgs. |
| 79 |
1980 |
A Status Report: The Neighborhood
Stabilization Program of the New York City Commission on Human Rights
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Summary of activities and accomplishments of the
Commission's Neighborhood Stabilization Program for 1978 and 1979. The program was developed to promote
integration in selected city neighborhoods and stem middleclass flight, using
community organizing. 110 pgs. |
| 80 |
1982 |
Mortgage Lending in New York City - 1981: A Preliminary Report
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Summary reprinted from Tenants and Neighbors and
tables by Commission of lending data including the total number and dollar
amount of mortgages by type of lender and a comparison of total bank deposits
to total mortgage loans by borough. Mortgage data allows local neighborhood
residents to investigate mortgage reinvestment activity in their area. See
also repts. # 82, 83. 14 pgs. |
| 81 |
1984 |
Forty Years of History, Thirty Years of Law
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Summary of the origins of the Commission on Human Rights,
including its evolution, development, and accomplishments from 1944-1984. 20
pgs. |
| 82 |
1984 |
Mortgage Lending in New York City - 1982
and 1983
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Preliminary summary and compilation by Commission of
mortgage lending data including the total number and dollar amount of
mortgages by type of lender and a comparison of total bank deposits to total
mortgage loans by borough. Date inferred. Continuation of rept. # 80. 49 pgs. |
| 83 |
1985 |
Mortgage Lending in New York City - 1984
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Summary and compilation of mortgage lending data including
the total number and dollar amount of mortgages by type of lender, analysis
of total lending by borough, and comparison of bank deposits to mortgage
loans by borough. Date inferred. Continuation of repts. #80, 82. 47 pgs. |
| 84 |
1984 |
Proposal for Response to Instances of Racial and
Religious Animosity
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Call for the formation of a interagency Task Force to
respond to bias incidents supplemented by a Committee of Concerned
Leadership, and a ‘Caring Community' Network. With additional legal and
educational components this program will provide an approach to addressing
and preventing bias incidents. Also contains bias stat tables, community
board maps, and an implementation manual. Date inferred. 129 pgs. |
| 85 |
1985 |
Gay and
Lesbian Discrimination Documentation Project: Two Year Report on Complaints
of Sexual Orientation Discrimination: November 1983-October 1985
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Report summarizing
the number and types complaints made to the Commission about discrimination
in employment, housing, and public accommodation based on sexual
orientation. Report was instrumental
in the passage of the ‘gay rights bill' in 1986 amending the Human Rights Law
to include ‘sexual orientation,' among its protected classes. Report also
noted an increase in complaints and linked this to an increasing public
awareness of the community by AIDS epidemic. 16 pgs. |
| 86 |
1985 |
Wrap Around Mortgages in a Bronx Neighborhood
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Study of correlations between mortgage financing and
building conditions in Stratton Park, 1967-1984, and how denial of affordable
credit creates conditions for disinvestment. Date inferred. 46 pgs. |
| 87 |
1986 |
New York State's Community Reinvestment Act: Public
Disclosure and Your Community
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Informs community groups and the public on how to use
first time publicly disclosed Community Reinvestment Act ratings of state
chartered banks; includes analysis of the NYS Banking Dept.'s CRA rating
system of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data. 12 pgs. |
| 88 |
1987 |
AIDS and People of Color: The Discriminatory Impact
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Summary of information about the incidence and effects of
AIDS in people of color and a discussion of programs at the Commission on
Human Rights to address the problem. Update to rept. #86 in 1986. 37 pgs. |
| 89 |
1989 |
A Study of New York City High School Students and
Educational Staff on Prejudice and Race Relations
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Report prepared by NYS Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute
for Nonviolence with the Commission and NYC Board of Education based on
surveys on race relations conducted among high school students and the
educational staff from each of NYC's five boroughs. Report also drew from electronic town meetings in Dutchess and
Westchester Counties and a survey of students in six counties near Albany.
Project was in response to the increasing incidents of racial violence and a
lack of cross cultural experience. 192 pgs. |
| 90 |
1989 |
Tarnishing
the Golden Door: A Report on the Widespread Discrimination Against Immigrants
and Persons Perceived as Immigrants which Has Resulted from the Immigration
Reform and Control Act of 1986
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Report on public
hearings, a survey, and a hiring audit conducted by the Commission responding
to a congressional mandate to investigate whether the employer sanctions
provision of the Immigration Reform and Control Act had resulted in illegal
employment discrimination against immigrants. Report was done at direction of Mayor Koch. Results of testimony, data analysis, and
research from other organizations are summarized and recommendations are made
to Congress. 43 pgs. |
| 91 |
1990 |
Report of the Mayor's Committee Investigating The
Protest Against Two Korean-Owned Groceries on Church Avenue in Brooklyn
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Report of 1)
investigation of the circumstances and climate surrounding the alleged
assault of an Haitian American resident by a worker at a Korean-owned grocery
store and to make recommendations to resolve the protest and boycott; and 2)
exploration of underlying causes of the dispute with recommendations for
easing tensions between the Korean and Black communities. 86 pgs. |
| 92 |
1990 |
NYC Commission on Human Rights Hearing on Racial
Ethnic Discrimination Against Performers in the Theatre Industry (Day1)
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Transcript of public hearings including testimony from
representatives of the theatre industry, including performers. Focus was on
investigating the opportunities for actors of color on the NY stage. See also
rept. #93. 421 pgs. |
| 93 |
1990 |
NYC Commission on Human Rights Hearing on Racial
Ethnic Discrimination Against Performers in the Theatre Industry (Day 2)
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Continuation of the testimony in rept. # 92. 358 pgs. |
| 94 |
1991 |
End the
Hate: A Report on Violence Against Gay Men and Lesbians in New York City
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Report on a survey
done by the Commission on Human Rights and the Mayor's Office for the Lesbian
and Gay Community at the direction of Mayor Dinkins to document the reported
rise of violence against gays and lesbians. Conducted with the assistance of constituency groups throughout the
city, the survey provided a context for New York State legislators
considering the passage of a hate crimes bill. 90 pgs. |
| 95 |
1992 |
Residential Lending Disparities in New York City: A
Study of the Community Preservation Corporation and Its Member Banks
1974-1988
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Study of the Community Preservation Corporation (CPC),
1974-1988 using data on loans made by CPC member banks to see if they met the
credit needs of low and moderate income neighborhoods within targeted
communities. 93 pgs. |
| 96 |
1993 |
Breaking the Us v. Them Barrier: A Report on
Police/Community Relations by the New York City Commission on Human Rights
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Summary of testimony and research on history of
police-community relations and recommendations by the Commission on how to
improve them to ensure successful policing of communities served by the
NYPD. 51 pgs. |
| 97 |
1993 |
Building Barriers: Discrimination in New York City's Construction
Trades
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Summary of testimony from
unions, contractors, government officials, and construction workers; analysis
of data from unions and apprenticeship programs. Report investigates extent
of discrimination against African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, and Native
Americans. See also rept. # 98. 431 pgs. |
| 98 |
1993 |
Building Barriers: Discrimination in New York City's Construction
Trades (Executive Summary)
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Executive summary of report # 97. 75 pgs. |
| 99 |
1993 |
Documenting the Hate: A Report on Bias Incidents in
New York City from January 1992 to June 1993
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Analysis of reports of bias incidents to the NYPD and to
the Commission via its Bias Hotline to determine patterns in type and
location. 75 pgs. |
| 100 |
2003 |
Discrimination against Muslims, Arabs, and South
Asians in New York City Since 9/11: Survey of Anti-Arab and Muslim
Discrimination
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Anonymous survey in 6 languages assessed the types of
discrimination (employment, housing, or public accommodations, or
bias-related harassment) that Muslim, Arab, or South Asian respondents
believed they experienced, whether they had reported them, and the general
effects of the 9/11/2001 attacks on the respondents' lives. Includes quotes
from respondents, analysis and recommendations. 28 pgs. |
