Jan 16, 2024 | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Equity & Inclusion | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued Findings of Probable Cause in 14 cases alleging violations of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination’s (LAD) prohibition against denying housing opportunity because of a lawful source of income such as government rental assistance.
Dec 20, 2023 | Age Discrimination | Camden City School District | Consent Decree | LAD | Law Against Discrimination | Pension Credit | Settlement | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Defending our Workforce | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Terminated Employee to Receive $175,000 in Back Pay and At Least Three Years of Pension Credit.
Nov 21, 2023 | Combat Disability Dicsriminiation | Division on Civil Rights | Employment | enforcement action | Fair Chance in Housing Act | Findings of Probable Cause | housing | New Jersey Family Leave Act | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | places of public accommodation | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Equity & Inclusion | Press Release
Division Announces Findings of Probable Cause in 10 Cases Involving Allegations of Disability Discrimination.
Oct 30, 2023 | 2023 General Election | Election Fraud | election officials | improper electioneering | Law Enforcement | Right to Vote | voter intimidation | voters | voting-related legal matters Attachments: none | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Key measures continue the Voter Protection Initiative announced in October 2022.
Oct 27, 2023 | Bias in K-12 Schools | Division on Civil Rights | Law Against Discrimination | Law Against Discrimination (LAD) | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Attorney General Statement | Bias and Discrimination | Child Protection | Civil Rights | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Sundeep Iyer, Director of the Division on Civil Rights, have issued a statement in response to the recent rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia in K-12 schools and on college and university campuses.
Aug 28, 2023 | Department of Education (DOE) | Discrimination in School Discipline | DOE | Bias and Discrimination | Diversity & Inclusion | Press Release
For Immediate Release: August 28, 2023 Office of the Attorney General – Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General Department of Education – Angelica Allen-McMillan, Ed. D., Acting Commissioner Division on Civil Rights – Sundeep Iyer, Director For Further...
