In a significant victory amid a push for paid sick time laws around the country, city lawmakers voted Wednesday to make businesses provide the benefit to an estimated 1 million workers who don't have it now.
The New York City Council will make it illegal for city employers to refuse to hire applicants because they are out of work, Speaker Christine Quinn said Thursday in her State of the City speech.
The privately owned building "has a specific policy against any other lighting for religious figures or requests by religions and religious organizations."