Reversing Past Harms

Strengthen restorative approaches to addressing conflict in juvenile justice settings

Focus: General

Increase the technical capacity of Community Board members to carry out their duties to reduce poverty, discrimination, and inequality

Focus: Low-income New Yorkers

Expand Commission investigations to root out disparate impact discrimination relating to race, color, and national origin in employment and public places

Focus: General

Increase access to our services for New Yorkers, specifically communities most impacted by discrimination, by ensuring that the Commission’s five borough offices comply with inclusive and accessible design practices

Focus: General

Build knowledge and capacity of agency employees, including supervisory, and managerial employees, to identify, respond to, and combat racism and racial discrimination in the workplace

Focus: Agency staff / employees

Prioritize agency resources to focus on personal growth, wellness, and community-connections for incarcerated individuals and staff

Focus: People in custody / justice-involved; Agency staff / employees

Develop, fund, and launch truth and reconciliation projects focused on repairing health inequities rooted in historical government policies or actions

Focus: General

Continue to ensure greater connection between firefighters and the communities they serve through assigning Probationary Firefighters who reside in NYC to the division in which they live if it aligns with both their personal preferences and the operational needs of the Department

Focus: General

Ensure all New Yorkers have access to safe housing by reducing disparities in housing code enforcement

Focus: General

Provide safe and healthy housing to underserved communities through expanding timely response to lead based paint, mold, and pests.

Focus: Underserved communities · Underserved neighborhoods (unspecified)