The passage of I.R. 2027 as amended, coupled with the rigorous enforcement of the enacted law by the Suffolk Human Rights Commission will allow Suffolk County to take concrete steps to address housing discrimination. Residents of Suffolk County who experience housing discrimination in Suffolk County will at long last be given the opportunity to have their complaint investigated and prosecuted in Suffolk County. Many thanks are in order for all of those who championed the passage of a sound fair housing bill. We hope that this bill will receive unanimous support from the legislature ERASE Racism is pleased to see this law moving forward, and we look forward to working with the Human Rights Commission in any way that will further our shared objective of fighting discrimination and promoting racial equity. A year from now, when we are all reviewing the annual statistics from the Human Rights Commission it will give us great pleasure to be able to affirm that housing discrimination in Suffolk is being vigorously enforced and that victims of housing discrimination are finally being granted the right to have their case heard before a Suffolk County administrative law judge.

We congratulate the three co-sponsors of this legislation, County Executive Steve Levy, and legislators Ricardo Montano and Eli Mystal.