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Source: Anti-Violence Project
Subject: Immigration
Type: Media Coverage

LGBTQ ORGANIZATIONS URGE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL TO OVERRIDE MAYOR BLOOMBERG’S OPPOSITION TO HISTORIC BILL TO BAN DISCRIMINATORY PROFILING BY NYPD

Today, national and international LGBT organizations – including the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Lambda Legal, the National Black Justice Coalition, the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, and GLAAD – joined with local LGBTQ organizations [including Make the Road New York] to urge New York City legislators to defend historic legislation banning discriminatory police profiling against a veto by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

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