On Thursday, November 20, the New York City Council will vote on the 'NYC Boss Bill.'
The NYC Boss Bill, Intro 863-A, similar to the 'Boss Bill' currently before the New York State Legislature, would help ensure that New Yorkers can access medical procedures and medicine related to reproductive health without fear of discrimination or discriminatory harassment, achieved by expanding the NYC Human Rights Law.
The bill would prohibit discrimination in employment, and discriminatory harassment or violence, based on an individual’s sexual and reproductive health decisions. Sexual and reproductive health decisions would be defined to include any decision by an individual to receive services, which are arranged for or offered or provided to individuals relating to sexual and reproductive health, including the reproductive system and its functions. Such services include, but are not limited to, fertility-related medical procedures, sexually transmitted disease prevention, testing, and treatment, and family planning services and counseling, such as birth control drugs and supplies, emergency contraception, sterilization procedures, pregnancy testing, and abortion.
Council Member Jumaane D. Williams is the prime sponsor of this bill, and it has twenty-nine co-sponsors (not counting the Public Advocate). Intro 863-A, was brought before the City Council on April 25, 2018, and referred to the Committee on Civil and Human Rights the same day. A hearing was held on December 18, 2018 when Intro 863-A was amended at the committee level, and passed by the committee to appear before the full board on December 20, 2018. Passage of Intro 863-A is expected by the council.
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