The Commission’s Communications Division worked closely with both the Law Enforcement and Community Relations Bureaus to develop a media strategy that would maximize the number of people the Commission reaches, informing them of the Commission’s work and the NYC Human Rights Law. Part of this aggressive anti-discrimination campaign included highlighting the Commission’s high-profile cases and events. The Commission also focused on reaching the City’s diverse communities through the ethnic and community press.

During 2008, the Commission appeared 118 times in the media, with the majority prominently featuring the Commission. These numbers do not include each media outlet’s online version of the story, the multiple times a story was broadcast, or blogs.

Significant placements in both New York’s print and electronic media included: NY 1 News, NY 1 Noticias, The New York Times, The NY Law Journal, NY Daily News, NY Post, Staten Island Advance, The Amsterdam News, USA Today, El Diario La Prensa, Sing Tao, Ming Pao Daily News, World Journal, Korea Times, Korea Daily News, Advertising Age, Diversity Inc., Ad Week, Crains NY Business, Gay City News, Time Out NY, WWRL 1600 AM, WRKS 98.7 FM, Davidson Radio 620 AM, as well as numerous local and ethnic media outlets. The following two pages provide a small sampling of the Commission’s 2008 highlights in the media.