Brian Lair, on WNYC, New York City has one of the strongest anti-discrimination laws in the country,

stronger in many ways than federal law. As the Trump administration dismantles federal civil rights enforcement,

not to mention what the Supreme Court just did with the Voting Rights Act, the question of who's

protecting New Yorkers from discrimination might land harder on city government. New York City has

its own agency dedicated to investigating and enforcing those protections.

It's called the Commission on Human Rights. And that agency has a new leader, Christine Clark,

who will join us in a minute. Clark comes to the role after years of fighting legal battles for

low-income New Yorkers and securing housing subsidies for elderly and disabled New Yorkers, among other things.

She's a few months into the job now, but the commission she's inheriting has its own challenges,

including a backlog of complaints and a staffing shortage, and this at a moment when the demand

for the agency's work may be greater than ever. Christine Clark, Commissioner and Chair of the New York City Commission on Human Rights,

does join us now.

Commissioner, thanks for some time today.

Welcome to WNYC.

Thanks so much for having me.

I'm really excited to be here.

And listeners, we can take some calls and texts, your questions,

for the new commissioner of the New York City Commission on

human rights, caller text 212, 433, WNYC, 433, 9692. Maybe you've experienced discrimination in

your job, you're building, a store, a school, didn't know exactly what to do about it. Maybe you're a small business owner or employer trying to understand what your legal responsibilities are.

Anything like that, 212-433-9692 call or text.

Commissioner, tell our listeners a little bit more just about who you are, how you got here,

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