NYC Has Formed A Coronavirus Anti-Discrimination Response Team | The Daily Caller

NYC Has Formed A Coronavirus Anti-Discrimination Response Team | The Daily Caller
"New York City, the focal point of the coronavirus crisis within the United States, has formed a task force to specifically handle coronavirus-related discrimination claims.
In light of hundreds of discrimination complaints based on COVID-19 fears, New York City’s Commission on Human Rights said it has formed a task force to process the reports, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The commission can transfer a complaint to the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force if it determines the incident constitutes a hate crime....
“We realized we needed to respond rapidly to unique issues that New Yorkers were facing,” Raj continued.
...Since the beginning of February, the city’s Commission on Human Rights has received 248 complaints regarding coronavirus-related discrimination.
Most of these complaints were lodged in March and April, and roughly 42% of them were about anti-Asian discrimination specifically...
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