| 2002
Annual Report Mayor Bloomberg's Message |
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New York City is the greatest City in the world and one of the things that make it so great is its diversity. However, when discrimination appears, it threatens our unity and spirit. It is illegal and will not be tolerated. This
City has one of the most comprehensive Human Rights Laws in the
nation which protects New Yorkers from discrimination in employment,
housing and public accommodations. The Commission on Human Rights
is the agency empowered to enforce this law and provide protection
to One year ago, I appointed Patricia L. Gatling, a career prosecutor from Brooklyn, as its Commissioner / Chair, to revitalize the Commission and strengthen its services. Under her direction, the Commission has been rebuilt from the ground up and has eliminated the huge backlog of cases, re-focused the agency's efforts toward handling the complaints and implemented several new programs and innovative ideas on how the Commission can better serve the community. Simply put, they have done much more with far fewer resources. Our commitment to human rights is evidenced by the fact that the lives of all New Yorkers are a little better. I want to congratulate Commissioner Gatling and her staff at the New York City Commission on Human Rights for their remarkable work. |
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