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Showing posts with label criminal background checks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label criminal background checks. Show all posts

Thursday, January 02, 2025

02 Jan

NYC Provides Protections for Individuals with Criminal Histories from Discrimination

NYC has clarified that it is illegal to discriminate in housing against applicants / occupants with criminal histories by way of Local Law 24, also known as the Fair Chance in Housing Act 2025, effective January 1, 2025. That said, it was already impliedly the law everywhere throughout the US as we...