Discrimination Statistics |
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How Many New Complaints?
2007
- 6,634 complaints of discrimination.
- 311 of those complaints were in Binghamton alone.
The remaining complaints were all in New York State. - As the new year of 2008 began, discrimination complaints were registered at 19 as of January 31, 2008. In just one month, there were 19 people that became a statistic of discrimination.
As of January 31, 2008, there were 612 discrimination complaints in New York State.
How long does it take?
2007
- 2,509 or 42% of the cases take 181 days or less
- 1,573 or 26% of the cases take 181 days – 365 days
- 1,248 or 21% of the cases take 1–2 years
- 400 or 7% of the cases take 2-3 years
- 97 or 2% of the cases take 3-4 years
- 36 or 1% of the cases take 4-5 years
- 91 or 2% of the cases take over 5 years
Total for 2007 was 5,954 discrimination complaint results.
Note – the gap of 680 can be ongoing cases or cases that dropped out and miscellaneous.
2008
As of January 31, 2008 details as follows:
- 303 or 48% of the cases take 181 days or less
- 141 or 22% of the cases take 181 days - 365 days
- 130 or 21% of the cases take 1-2 years
- 40 or 6% of the cases take 2-3 years
- 9 or 1% of the cases take 3-4 years
- 4 or 1% of the cases take 4-5 years
- 2 or 0% of the cases take over 5 years
Total of New Complaints up to January 31, 2008 was 629
Note - 2008 totals are not available as of 1/09
Case Load
2006
- 9,552 or 89% were Employment Complaints
- 796 or 8% were Housing Complaints
- 277 or 3% were Public Accommodation Complaints
- 117 or 1% were other
Total New York State discrimination complaints for 2006 were 10,442.
2007
- 10,455 or 89% of the cases were Employment
- 977 or 8% of the cases were Housing
- 373 or 3% of the cases were Public Accommodation
- 221 or 2% of the cases were other
Total New York State discrimination complaints for 2007 were 12,026
As of January 31, 2008 details as follows:
- 5,953 or 89% of the cases were Employment
- 483 or 7% of the cases were Housing
- 203 or 3% of the cases were Public Accommodation
- 127 or 2% of the cases were other
Total complaints on case load for 2008 was 6,771