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employment credit checks
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NY1: Queens College Students Rally to Support Credit Discrimination in Employment Act
NY1 — Students and local officials are speaking out. They want to change a current law they say can ruin their chances at getting jobs.
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The Huffington Post: Will New York City Lead the Fight Against Employment Discrimination?
The Huffington Post — “How can you pay your debt, if you can’t get a job?” That’s the straight-forward question Council Member Debi Rose asked on the steps of New York’s City Hall on Friday, as she stood up as a lead sponsor of legislation which would ban discrimination against job applicants and employees based…
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NY1: Councilman, Advocate Push For Ending Employer Credit Checks
NY1 Road to City Hall — The Road to City Hall’s Errol Louis had Sarah Ludwig from The Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project and Brooklyn City Councilman Brad Lander discuss their efforts to stop employers from using credit checks on job applicants.
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NY Times: The Long Shadow of Bad Credit in a Job Search
New York Times — The first couple of times Alfred J. Carpenter was turned down for a job, he didn’t know what to think.