Title EXC, Executive

§ 28. State declaration of disaster emergency. 1. Whenever the\ngovernor, on his own initiative or pursuant to a request from one or\nmore chief executives, finds that a disaster has occurred or may be\nimminent for which local governments are unable to respond adequately,\nhe s…

§ 28-a. Post disaster recovery planning. 1. Whenever a state disaster emergency has been declared any county, city, town or village included in such disaster area shall prepare a local recovery and redevelopment plan, unless the legislative body of the municipality shall determi…

§ 29. Direction of state agency assistance in a disaster emergency. Upon the declaration of a state disaster emergency the governor may direct any and all agencies of the state government to provide assistance under the coordination of the disaster preparedness commission. Such …

§ 29-a. Suspension of other laws. 1. Subject to the state constitution, the federal constitution and federal statutes and regulations, the governor may by executive order temporarily suspend specific provisions of any statute, local law, ordinance, or orders, rules or regulation…

§ 29-b. Use of disaster emergency response personnel in disasters. 1. State use of disaster emergency response personnel and non-state resource providers. a. The governor may, in their discretion, direct the state disaster preparedness commission to conduct an emergency exercise…

§ 29-c. Radiological preparedness. 1. The commission: (a) may monitor directly and record the off-site presence of radioactive material in the vicinity of nuclear electric generating facilities located in the state of New York; (b) shall obtain from the licensees, United States …

§ 29-d. Reports. In order to assess the present preparedness in the state for any radiological accident and to determine the need for, and appropriateness of, any additional specific steps by state government, the commission shall report to the governor and the legislature by Ja…

§ 29-e. New York state emergency assistance program. 1. For purposes of this section the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Infrastructure" shall mean and include publicly owned storm and sanitary sewers, water supply systems, drainage systems, transportatio…

§ 29-g. Emergency management assistance compact. 1. The emergency management assistance compact is made and entered into by and between the participating member states which enact this compact, hereinafter called party states. For the purposes of this agreement, the term "states…

§ 29-h. Intrastate mutual aid program. 1. Creation. There is hereby created the intrastate mutual aid program to complement existing mutual aid agreements in the event of a disaster that results in a formal declaration of an emergency by a participating local government. All loc…

§ 29-i. Immunity from liability for emergency alerts. Any provider of mobile services, as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153, including its officers, directors, employees, affiliates, vendors and agents, acting on behalf of the state, and any third-party intermediary transmission service …

§ 29-j. Acceptance of gifts. 1. The state office of emergency management within the division of homeland security and emergency services may accept any assistance, including but not limited to gifts or grants of real or personal property, but not including money, from any public…

§ 29-k. Northern emergency management assistance compact. Notwithstanding any other law, the state, through the governor, may enter the northern emergency management assistance compact (P.L. 112-282, ratified by Congress on January fourteenth, two thousand thirteen). Such compac…

§ 29-l. International Emergency Management Assistance Compact. Notwithstanding any other law, the state, through the governor, may enter the compact established by the emergency management assistance memorandum of understanding (executed on July eighteenth, two thousand by the s…

§ 290. Purposes of article. 1. This article shall be known as the "Human Rights Law". 2. It shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the state for the protection of the public welfare, health and peace of the people of this state, and in fulfillment of the provisions o…

§ 291. Equality of opportunity a civil right. 1. The opportunity to obtain employment without discrimination because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, marital status, or disability, is hereby rec…

§ 292. Definitions. When used in this article:\n 1. The term "person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships,\nassociations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in\nbankruptcy, or receivers.\n 2. The term "employment agency" includes any person undert…

§ 293. Division of human rights. 1. There is hereby created in the executive department a division of human rights hereinafter in this article called the division. The head of such division shall be a commissioner hereinafter in this article called the commissioner, who shall be…

§ 294. General policies of division. The division shall formulate policies to effectuate the purposes of this article and may make recommendations to agencies and officers of the state or local subdivisions of government in aid of such policies and purposes.

§ 294-a. Statewide campaign for the acceptance, inclusion, tolerance and understanding of diversity. 1. The division shall develop and implement a statewide campaign to increase awareness and promote the acceptance, inclusion, tolerance and understanding of the diversity of peop…

§ 295. General powers and duties of division. The division, by and through the commissioner or his or her duly authorized officer or employee, shall have the following functions, powers and duties: 1. To establish and maintain its principal office, and such other offices within …

§ 296. Unlawful discriminatory practices. 1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice: (a) For an employer or licensing agency, because of an individual's age, race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or e…

§ 296-a. Unlawful discriminatory practices in relation to credit. 1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any creditor or any officer, agent or employee thereof: a. In the case of applications for credit with respect to the purchase, acquisition, construction, reh…

§ 296-c. Unlawful discriminatory practices relating to interns. 1. As used in this section, "Intern" means a person who performs work for an employer for the purpose of training under the following circumstances: a. the employer is not committed to hire the person performing the…

§ 296-d. Unlawful discriminatory practices relating to non-employees. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer to permit unlawful discrimination against non-employees in its workplace. An employer may be held liable to a non-employee who is a contractor, s…

§ 297. Procedure. 1. Any person claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice may, by himself or herself or his or her attorney-at-law, make, sign and file with the division a complaint in writing under oath or by declaration which shall state the name and addr…

§ 298. Judicial review and enforcement. Any complainant, respondent or other person aggrieved by an order of the commissioner which is an order after public hearing, a cease and desist order, an order awarding damages, an order dismissing a complaint, or by an order of the divis…

§ 298-a. Application of article to certain acts committed outside the state of New York. 1. The provisions of this article shall apply as hereinafter provided to an act committed outside this state against a resident of this state or against a corporation organized under the law…

§ 299. Penal provision. Any person, employer, labor organization or employment agency, who or which shall wilfully resist, prevent, impede or interfere with the division or any of its employees or representatives in the performance of duty under this article, or shall wilfully v…

§ 3. Acting governor. Every provision of law relating to the governor\nshall extend to the lieutenant-governor, to the president of the senate,\nand to the speaker of the assembly respectively, while acting as\ngovernor in pursuance of law.\n

§ 30. Executive department. There shall continue to be in the state government an executive department. The head of the executive department shall be the governor. The governor may appoint such subordinates and employees as may be necessary for the exercise of his powers and the…

§ 300. Construction. The provisions of this article shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of the remedial purposes thereof, regardless of whether federal civil rights laws, including those laws with provisions worded comparably to the provisions of this article, ha…

§ 301. Separability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, shall, for any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate …

§ 31. Divisions. There shall be in the executive department the following divisions: 1. The division of the budget. 2. The division of military and naval affairs. 3. The office of general services. 4. The division of state police. 5. The division of housing. 6. The division of a…

* § 310. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Certified business" shall mean a business verified as a minority or women-owned business enterprise pursuant to section three hundred fourteen of this article. 2. "Contracti…

* § 311. Division of minority and women's business development. 1. The head of the division of minority and women's business development shall be the director who shall be appointed by the governor and hold office at the pleasure of the commissioner. It shall be the duty of the …

* § 311-a. Minority and women-owned business enterprise statewide advocate. 1. There is hereby established within the division of minority and women's business an office of the minority and women-owned business enterprise statewide advocate. The statewide advocate shall be appoi…

* § 312. Equal employment opportunities for minority group members and women. 1. All state contracts and all documents soliciting bids or proposals for state contracts shall contain or make reference to the following provisions: (a) The contractor will not discriminate against e…

* § 312-a. Study of minority and women-owned business enterprises. 1. The director of the division of minority and women-owned business development is authorized and directed to recommission a statewide disparity study regarding the participation of minority and women-owned busi…

* § 313. Opportunities for minority and women-owned business enterprises. 1. Goals and requirements for agencies and contractors. Each agency shall structure procurement procedures for contracts made directly or indirectly to minority and women-owned business enterprises, in acc…

* § 313-a. Diversity practices of state contractors. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations setting forth measures and procedures to require all contracting agencies, where practicable, feasible and appropriate, to assess the diversity practices of contractors submi…

* § 314. Statewide certification program. 1. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations providing for the establishment of a statewide certification program including rules and regulations governing the approval, denial or revocation of any such certification including …

* § 315. Responsibilities of contracting agencies. 1. Each contracting agency shall be responsible for monitoring state contracts under its jurisdiction, and recommending matters to the office respecting non-compliance with the provisions of this article so that the office may t…

* § 316. Enforcement. 1. Upon receipt by the director of a complaint by a contracting agency that a contractor has violated the provisions of a state contract which have been included to comply with the provisions of this article or of a contractor that a contracting agency has …

* § 316-a. Prohibitions in contracts; violations. Every contracting agency shall include a provision in its state contracts expressly providing that any contractor who willfully and intentionally fails to comply with the minority and women-owned participation requirements of thi…

* § 317. Superseding effect of article with respect to state law. The provisions of this article shall supersede any other provision of state law, which expressly implements or mandates an equal employment opportunity program or a program for securing participation by minority a…

* § 318. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to…

§ 319. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "State entity" means any agency under the executive authority of the governor; any agency for which the governor appoints the commissioner or highest ranking employee;…

§ 319-a. Restrictions on immigration enforcement by state employees. 1. No state employee shall use state resources, including, but not limited to, time spent while on duty or any property or facilities owned or operated by or under the control of the state entity, for immigrati…

§ 32. Authority not to renew. 1. For the purposes of this section, "state agency" shall mean any state department, board, bureau, division, commission, committee, public authority, public benefit corporation, council, office, or other governmental entity performing a governmenta…