{"id":86,"date":"2023-02-28T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T07:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/?p=86"},"modified":"2023-03-29T19:36:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T19:36:08","slug":"cbs-news-campaign-for-size-freedom-takes-on-body-size-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2023\/02\/28\/cbs-news-campaign-for-size-freedom-takes-on-body-size-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS News: Campaign for Size Freedom&#8221; takes on body size discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find full story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/campaign-for-size-freedom-takes-on-body-size-discrimination\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEW YORK<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; There&#8217;s a new effort to put a stop to body size discrimination.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manhattan Councilman Shaun Abreu introduced a bill Tuesday to ban discrimination on the basis of height or weight in employment, housing and access to public accommodation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a rally on the steps of City Hall, Abreu spoke about how such biases can be detrimental.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Body discrimination denies people necessary, even life-saving, medical treatment, contributes to financial inequality, and creates serious mental health challenges,&#8221; Abreu said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday morning&#8217;s rally was hosted by &#8220;the Campaign for Size Freedom.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find full story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/campaign-for-size-freedom-takes-on-body-size-discrimination\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW YORK<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; There&#8217;s a new effort to put a stop to body size discrimination.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan Councilman Shaun Abreu introduced a bill Tuesday to ban discrimination on the basis of height or weight in employment, housing and access to public accommodation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At a rally on the steps of City Hall, Abreu spoke about how such biases can be detrimental.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2023\/02\/28\/cbs-news-campaign-for-size-freedom-takes-on-body-size-discrimination\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}