Title EXC, Executive

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

§ 29. Direction of state agency assistance in a disaster emergency.\nUpon the declaration of a state disaster emergency the governor may\ndirect any and all agencies of the state government to provide\nassistance under the coordination of the disaster preparedness\ncommission. S…

§ 29-a. Suspension of other laws. 1. Subject to the state\nconstitution, the federal constitution and federal statutes and\nregulations, the governor may by executive order temporarily suspend\nspecific provisions of any statute, local law, ordinance, or orders,\nrules or regula…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 29-j. Acceptance of gifts. 1. The state office of emergency\nmanagement within the division of homeland security and emergency\nservices may accept any assistance, including but not limited to gifts\nor grants of real or personal property, but not including money, from\nany pu…

§ 29-k. Northern emergency management assistance compact.\nNotwithstanding any other law, the state, through the governor, may\nenter the northern emergency management assistance compact (P.L.\n112-282, ratified by Congress on January fourteenth, two thousand\nthirteen). Such co…

§ 29-l. International Emergency Management Assistance Compact.\nNotwithstanding any other law, the state, through the governor, may\nenter the compact established by the emergency management assistance\nmemorandum of understanding (executed on July eighteenth, two thousand\nby t…

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

§ 291. Equality of opportunity a civil right.\n 1. The opportunity to obtain employment without discrimination because\nof age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender\nidentity or expression, military status, sex, marital status, or\ndisability, is hereb…

§ 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\nexecutive department a division of human rights hereinafter in this\narticle called the division. The head of such division shall be a\ncommissioner hereinafter in this article called the commissioner, who\nshal…

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

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

§ 295. General powers and duties of division. The division, by and\nthrough the commissioner or his or her duly authorized officer or\nemployee, shall have the following functions, powers and duties:\n 1. To establish and maintain its principal office, and such other\noffices wi…

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

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

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

§ 296-d. Unlawful discriminatory practices relating to non-employees.\nIt shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer to\npermit unlawful discrimination against non-employees in its workplace.\nAn employer may be held liable to a non-employee who is a contractor…

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

§ 298. Judicial review and enforcement. Any complainant, respondent or\nother person aggrieved by an order of the commissioner which is an order\nafter public hearing, a cease and desist order, an order awarding\ndamages, an order dismissing a complaint, or by an order of the di…

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

§ 299. Penal provision. Any person, employer, labor organization or\nemployment agency, who or which shall wilfully resist, prevent, impede\nor interfere with the division or any of its employees or\nrepresentatives in the performance of duty under this article, or shall\nwilful…

§ 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\ngovernment an executive department. The head of the executive department\nshall be the governor. The governor may appoint such subordinates and\nemployees as may be necessary for the exercise of his powers and …

§ 300. Construction. The provisions of this article shall be construed\nliberally for the accomplishment of the remedial purposes thereof,\nregardless of whether federal civil rights laws, including those laws\nwith provisions worded comparably to the provisions of this article,…

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

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

* § 310. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Certified business" shall mean a business verified as a minority\nor women-owned business enterprise pursuant to section three hundred\nfourteen of this article.\n 2. "Co…

* § 311. Division of minority and women's business development. 1. The\nhead of the division of minority and women's business development shall\nbe the director who shall be appointed by the governor and hold office\nat the pleasure of the commissioner. It shall be the duty of t…

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

* § 312. Equal employment opportunities for minority group members and\nwomen. 1. All state contracts and all documents soliciting bids or\nproposals for state contracts shall contain or make reference to the\nfollowing provisions:\n (a) The contractor will not discriminate agai…

* § 312-a. Study of minority and women-owned business enterprises. 1.\nThe director of the division of minority and women-owned business\ndevelopment is authorized and directed to recommission a statewide\ndisparity study regarding the participation of minority and women-owned\n…

* § 313. Opportunities for minority and women-owned business\nenterprises. 1. Goals and requirements for agencies and contractors.\nEach agency shall structure procurement procedures for contracts made\ndirectly or indirectly to minority and women-owned business enterprises,\nin…

* § 313-a. Diversity practices of state contractors. The director\nshall promulgate rules and regulations setting forth measures and\nprocedures to require all contracting agencies, where practicable,\nfeasible and appropriate, to assess the diversity practices of\ncontractors s…

* § 314. Statewide certification program. 1. The director shall\npromulgate rules and regulations providing for the establishment of a\nstatewide certification program including rules and regulations\ngoverning the approval, denial or revocation of any such certification\ninclud…

* § 315. Responsibilities of contracting agencies. 1. Each contracting\nagency shall be responsible for monitoring state contracts under its\njurisdiction, and recommending matters to the office respecting\nnon-compliance with the provisions of this article so that the office\nm…

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

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

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

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

§ 319. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n 1. "State entity" means any agency under the executive authority of\nthe governor; any agency for which the governor appoints the\ncommissioner or highest ranking empl…

§ 319-a. Restrictions on immigration enforcement by state employees.\n1. No state employee shall use state resources, including, but not\nlimited to, time spent while on duty or any property or facilities owned\nor operated by or under the control of the state entity, for immigr…

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

§ 320. Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature finds and\ndeclares that an institution embodying the heritage, ideals and concerns\nof the people of the state of New York for peace and social justice as\nexemplified by the philosophy and nonviolent leadership of Dr…