Democratic Mayor Eric Adams has banned weight discrimination in New York City, a move that lawyers have criticized.
Adams signed into law on Friday a controversial bill outlawing discrimination based on weight and height in employment, housing and public accommodation.
“I’m a health believer, so not discriminating against someone because of their size is not about fighting obesity, it’s just about being fair,” Adams said.
“So I think this is the right thing to do,” he continued. “We will continue to discuss progressive health policies. Science shows that body type has nothing to do with being healthy or unhealthy. And that’s a misnomer we’re really trying to dispel.” I think.”
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed into law a bill to ban weight and height discrimination on Friday. ((Luis C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images))
The city’s Human Rights Commission will investigate weight and height complaints, along with more than 20 other areas of investigation, including race, gender and age.
Critics, meanwhile, have taken aim at the bill, arguing it would centralize the labor movement and litigation among lawyers.
Critics say the law will lead to a flood of lawsuits. (Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez)
Republican New York City Council Minority Leader Joseph Borelli said the law could allow people to “sue anyone and everything.”
“I’m overweight, but I’m not a victim,” Borrelli said, according to the Daily Mail. .
The editorial board of the New York Post called the bill “a great gift to the legal sharks that feed on the bottom of New York City.”
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New York City is joining a growing trend targeting weight discrimination across the country. (Photo credit: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Literacy Partners)
This law is part of a growing trend in the United States.of new york times Legislators in New Jersey and Massachusetts are considering similar measures, but others, including Michigan, Washington and Washington, D.C., have already banned them, it reported.
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Progressive scholars are abolishing the word “obesity” itself, and are showing moves to eliminate “obesity phobia,” which is a cultural prejudice against obesity. Fox News Digital previously reported that it was on the agenda.
