Ambitious NYC jobless-discrimination bill vetoed

Published February 22, 2013 6:35pm ET



NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday vetoed what would have been the nation’s most aggressive measure to try to prevent employers from shunning out-of-work job-seekers, calling it a misguided plan that would create more lawsuits than jobs.

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