NY bus accused of sex discrimination

Gerald · 10-23-11, 09:26 AM

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New York City officials say they could shut a bus service running through an Orthodox Jewish area that is accused of asking women to sit at the back.Officials have written to the firm operating the bus asking what they are doing to prevent discrimination.The B110 bus is operated by a private firm under a franchising agreement with the city, but is open to the public.A student journalist published a story this week reporting that a woman on the bus was asked to sit at the back. The New York Times later reported that a woman passenger on the B110 had said men and women also sat apart on similar bus services catering for the city's Hasidic Jewish community.New York City's Department of Transportation director, Anne Koenig, has asked the company that operates the B110 to respond to the claims."Please be advised that a practice of requiring women to ride in the back... would constitute a direct violation of your franchise agreement and may lead to termination of that agreement," she wrote, reports Reuters news agency.The department said the firm that runs the service had no exemptions from city's anti-discrimination standards.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15411791

Note: 21 October 2011 Last updated at 22:53 GMT

soopaman2 · 10-23-11, 10:45 AM

Read about that the other day in the locals here.

The orthodox Jews in that neighborhood are thick as thieves. Really devout and hateful of outsiders unless you are spending money. They feel that their laws override the laws of the land. It is of course blatant discrimination..

Something Orthodox Jews and Arabs have in common. They treat their women like dogs.

Gerald · 10-23-11, 01:27 PM

Something seems wrong here...

Jimbuna · 10-23-11, 01:28 PM

No, no....I'd better not.

*must behave*

Gerald · 10-23-11, 01:35 PM

*Must behave*,not for you to try

Jimbuna · 10-23-11, 01:38 PM

JU_88 · 10-24-11, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

No, no....I'd better not.

*must behave*

ZIS WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED UNDER ZE THIRD REICH!
ok, ok very poor taste i know - sorry.

Im not good at PCness.

Jimbuna · 10-24-11, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by JU_88

ZIS WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED UNDER ZE THIRD REICH!
ok, ok very poor taste i know - sorry.

Im not good at PCness.

LOL

You read minds

10-23-11, 10:45 AM	#2
soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Read about that the other day in the locals here. The orthodox Jews in that neighborhood are thick as thieves. Really devout and hateful of outsiders unless you are spending money. They feel that their laws override the laws of the land. It is of course blatant discrimination.. Something Orthodox Jews and Arabs have in common. They treat their women like dogs. __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world.

10-23-11, 01:27 PM	#3
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Something seems wrong here... __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

10-23-11, 01:28 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	No, no....I'd better not. must behave __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-23-11, 01:35 PM	#5
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Must behave,not for you to try __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

10-23-11, 01:38 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	__________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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