New York State Insider: New York State Assemblyman Tom Abinanti 92nd District: Abinanti Bill to Ban Height/Weight-Based Discrimination.

 

"... About the same time, Assemblyman Thomas Abinanti came across his own surprise. He read about a New York City Council member’s never-passed proposal to ban weight and height bias, which he’d never realized was still legal, and figured the whole state could use such protections."