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A public-interest law firm has filed federal civil-rights complaints against New York and Wisconsin on behalf of contractors who say they’re losing millions thanks to those states’ race and gender discrimination in handing out lucrative government contracts, the New York Post can exclusively report.
“We’re a successful business by any metric, but if it wasn’t for the diversity requirements, we would be two or three times the size,” a New York company owner represented in the complaints told The Post.
“It’s been a significant frustration of mine for the last 10 years.”
He’s not alone.
But Donald Trump’s election and the president’s requirement — made in an executive order his first day back in the White House — that federal contract and grant recipients comply with federal anti-discrimination law have created a climate of hope.
After reading about the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty’s work on civil-rights cases, the supplier reached out. What resulted is WILL’s two complaints on behalf of Contractors for Equal Opportunity.
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