The New York City Commission on Human Rights
("NYCCHR") released its long anticipated model
anti-sexual harassment training on April 1, 2019. The City's
model training satisfies all of the training requirements under
both New York State and City laws, although the training is geared
to educate viewers as to the broader sexual harassment protections
afforded to workers by the New York City laws.
The New York City model training video is 45 minutes long, was
released in English and Spanish, and has been optimized for mobile
devices, such as phones and tablets (it works on Safari, Chrome,
and Microsoft Edge). The NYCCHR will release translations into nine
other languages later this spring. It accommodates individuals with
disabilities by providing audio descriptions for the videos, closed
captioning for the videos, and alt-text for the images and the
icons. It does not allow the viewer to save their progress, stop
and come back later, view only certain parts of the
