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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Disability definitions and protections under NYC Human Rights Law
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The NYC Human Rights Law provides broad protections for individuals with disabilities, covering various types of impairments and prohibiting discrimination in multiple areas of city life.
- Disability is defined broadly to include physical, medical, mental, or psychological impairments, whether apparent or not.
- The law prohibits discrimination and retaliation based on actual or perceived disability.
- Protections apply to employers, housing providers, and public accommodations.
- Reasonable accommodations are mandated unless they cause undue hardship.
JoAnn Kamuf Ward
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The commission also works closely with small business services, offering trainings to SBS staff, co hosting outreach events, and participating in initiatives that are run by SBS, such as the AAPI Small Business Task Force, and also already mentioned, Small Business Expo, which is coming up later this month.
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Turning in greater detail to the human rights law itself, the New York City Human Rights Law defines disability broadly to cover physical, medical, mental, or psychological impairments, whether they are apparent or not.
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The law prohibits discrimination and retaliation by employers, housing providers, and public accommodations based on actual or perceived disability.
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The law also mandates reasonable accommodations unless covered entities can show that providing an accommodation causes an undue hardship.
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Hardship.