STATE OF NEW YORK
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6584--C
Cal. No. 1115
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 27, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, STAVISKY -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Finance -- committee discharged and said bill committed
to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended and
ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
-- recommitted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate
Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported
favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report,
ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the collection of
certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards,
departments and commissions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-h
2 to read as follows:
3 § 170-h. Additional collection of demographic information. 1. Every
4 state agency, board, department, or commission that directly collects
5 demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of residents of the
6 state of New York shall use separate collection categories and tabu-
7 lations for the White group in New York state, including the following
8 Middle Eastern or North African groups in New York state:
9 (a) Each major North African (NA) group, including, but not limited
10 to, Egyptian, Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, and Libyan; and
11 (b) Each major Middle Eastern (ME) group, including, but not limited
12 to, Yemeni, Iranian, Palestinian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Israeli, Syrian,
13 Armenian, and Saudi; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (c) Other Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) groups, including,
2 but not limited to, transnational indigenous MENA communities like
3 Amazigh and Syriac people.
4 2. Every state agency, board, department, or commission that directly
5 collects demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of resi-
6 dents of the state of New York shall allow multiple collection catego-
7 ries to be selected.
8 3. The data collected pursuant to the different collection categories
9 and tabulations described in subdivision one of this section, to the
10 degree that the data quality is sufficient, shall be included in every
11 demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of residents of the
12 state of New York by the state agency, board, department, or commission
13 published or released on or after December first, two thousand twenty-
14 five; provided, however, that for the department of labor, division of
15 criminal justice services, office of mental health and office of tempo-
16 rary and disability assistance such requirements shall be effective July
17 first, two thousand twenty-six. The data shall be made available to the
18 public in accordance with state and federal law, except for personal
19 identifying information, which shall be deemed confidential, by posting
20 the data on the internet web site of the agency, board, department, or
21 commission on or before December first, two thousand twenty-five, and
22 annually thereafter; provided, however, that for the department of
23 labor, division of criminal justice services, office of mental health
24 and office of temporary and disability assistance such requirements
25 shall be effective July first, two thousand twenty-six. If the data
26 quality is determined to be insufficient for publication, an explanation
27 of the problem with the data quality shall be included in any report or
28 publication made available to the public. This subdivision shall not be
29 construed to prevent any other state agency from posting data collected
30 pursuant to subdivision one of this section on the agency's internet web
31 site, in the manner prescribed by this section.
32 4. The requirements of this section shall not apply to the department
33 of labor, the division of criminal justice services, the office of
34 mental health or the office of temporary and disability assistance until
35 two years after this section shall have become a law.
36 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
37 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
38 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
39 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
40 completed on or before such effective date.