With a persistently poor economy, one uphill battle unemployed Americans have to face is job discrimination. Many employers explicitly discriminate against jobless Americans, warning them not to even apply.

Joining New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington, D.C., the New York City council recently passed a bill to ban this discrimination. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg just vetoed it. He had previously called the bill “misguided” and claimed that it would “hurt small businesses.”

Recall that New York City’s unemployment rate is 9.4 percent. The council is expected to try to override Bloomberg’s veto.