New York City Fights Workplace Discrimination In an announcement at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center in Manhattan at the end of January, New York City Comptroller, William C. Thompson Jr. and the New York City Pension Funds put their support behind proposals at major companies barring discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The resolutions were filed at 24 companies found in the Fortune 1000. Gender identity is appearing for the second time in 2008, added to proposals banning discrimination based on sexual orientation. The NYC comptroller filed the resolutions on behalf of New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS), New York City Police Pension Fund, New York City Fire Department Pension Fund, New York City Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) and New York City Board of Education Retirement System.