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Assembly Bill A6659

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding the scope of unlawful discriminatory practices to include public educational institutions

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2017-A6659 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6356
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§292 & 296, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9761, S7457
2019-2020: A3425, A8054, S4901

2017-A6659 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to expanding the scope of unlawful discriminatory practices to include public educational institutions.

2017-A6659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6659
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. DILAN, PEOPLES-STOKES, NOLAN, ABINANTI, AUBRY,
   BENEDETTO,  BICHOTTE,  BLAKE,  BUCHWALD,  CAHILL,  COOK,  ENGLEBRIGHT,
   GALEF,  GLICK,  HOOPER,  KIM,  M. G. MILLER,  O'DONNELL, PERRY, QUART,
   SEPULVEDA, SOLAGES, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  HYNDMAN
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to expanding the scope of
   unlawful discriminatory practices to include public educational insti-
   tutions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 292 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 35 to read as follows:
   35. THE TERM "EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION" SHALL MEAN:
   (A) ANY EDUCATION CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION WHICH HOLDS ITSELF OUT TO
 THE PUBLIC TO BE NON-SECRETARIAN AND EXEMPT FROM  TAXATION  PURSUANT  TO
 THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE FOUR OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW; OR
   (B) ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL, INCLUDING ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPER-
 ATIVE EDUCATION SERVICES, PUBLIC COLLEGE OR PUBLIC UNIVERSITY.
   §  2. Subdivision 4 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   4. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for  an  [education
 corporation  or  association  which holds itself out to the public to be
 non-sectarian and exempt from taxation pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
 article  four  of  the real property tax law] EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION to
 deny the use of its facilities to any person otherwise qualified, or  to
 permit  the  harassment  of  any  student or applicant, by reason of his
 race, color, religion, disability, national origin, sexual  orientation,
 military status, sex, age or marital status, except that any such insti-
 tution  which  establishes or maintains a policy of educating persons of
 one sex exclusively may admit students of only one sex.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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