Press & Media

June 9, 2009

African American Legends: Douglas White

Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. sits down with FDNY Deputy Commissioner Doug White to talk about recruiting minorities, the process behind becoming a firefighter, the application/testing process for the city fire department and the progress Commissioner White has made in these areas.

Selected Press Clips

The New York Times

March 13, 1989

Housing Bias Still Pervades The New York Region

“Housing is amazing closed in the city, amazing closed in the suburbs,” said Douglas H White, Commissioner of Human Rights of the New York State Division “I think it’s striking, the degree to which we have segregation”

The New York Times

December 1, 1988

Transit Driver who Miscarried Wins Bias Case: Was Denied Light Duty - To Get $450,000

In announcing the decision yesterday the State Human Rights Commissioner called the case “the most shocking instance of abuse of an employee by an employer” in at least 20 years. Mr. White said the Transit Authority’s disability policy violated state human rights law by treating pregnant women differently from workers with other temporary disabilities.

Utica Daily Press

October 30, 1985

Douglas H. White: Sexual Harassment Growing

Figures don’t reflect full extent of problem, state human rights chief says, Sexual harassment in the workplace is on the rise, the Commissioner of Human Rights talked to 200 people at the third annual dinner of the Utica Commission of Human Relations last night.

The Daily News

July 28, 1989

Trash Gay-Bashers, They Say

As police continued seeking suspects in Sunday’s anti-gay gang attack on two men in Carl Schurz Park a group of state and city human rights officials gathered yesterday to demand tougher punishment for such attacks. “Obviously, this kind of violence can’t take place in this society,” said Human Rights Commissioner Douglas White. “We abhor it.”

The New York Times

February 1, 1986

Rights Unit Investigates Search at a Social Club

The State Division of Human Rights is investigating a complaint by an Italian American group in Greenwich Village that a task force on organized crime, in the search for a murder suspect, raided the club with a sledgehammer last week and intimidated an elderly member at gunpoint.

There were charges by Italian American groups that indiscriminate raids were unfair harassment of Italian American. At news conference at the club, Commissioner Douglas White said “ What happen here proves that you don’t have to be Black or brown to be victimized by discrimination of violence or vandalism”. “The wanton destruction you see here is a result of ethnic stereotyping”.

The New York Amsterdam News

November 26, 1988

Court Upholds $350G Award in Bank Bias Case

An Order by New York Human Rights Commissioner Douglas H. White directing National Westminister Bank, USA to pay a former bank officer over $350, 000 in compensation for discriminating against her because of her sex and race, has been upheld.

The New York Amsterdam News

April 11, 1987

Task Force Urges Tough Penalty for Racial Crimes

Douglas H. White, Chair of the New York State Force on Bias Related urge the Legislature to give early consideration and approval to proposed legislation to increase penalties for bias motivated crimes.

Speaking Engagements & Contact

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