NYLAG testifies before NYC Council Committee regarding age discrimination in the workplace

October 8, 2019
1:35 pm

NYLAG is firmly supportive of all of the City Council’s proposed age discrimination legislation. We are particularly enthusiastic about Intro 1695, which requires the City Commission on Human Rights to conduct regular age discrimination investigations through employment testing programs.

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