Bill Text: NY A06219 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires separate collection categories for White, Middle Eastern, and North African groups in NYS.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-03 - substituted by s6584c [A06219 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A06219-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6219--B 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 3, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, MAMDANI, RAGA, GALLAGHER, GLICK, SILLITTI, SIMON, BURDICK, FORREST, SEAWRIGHT, FALL, SHIMSKY, LEVEN- BERG, SAYEGH, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, CLARK, SIMONE, SHRESTHA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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 14 (c) Other Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) groups, including, 15 but not limited to, transnational indigenous MENA communities like 16 Amazigh and Syriac people. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10311-07-4A. 6219--B 2 1 2. Every state agency, board, department, or commission that directly 2 collects demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of resi- 3 dents of the state of New York shall allow multiple collection catego- 4 ries to be selected. 5 3. The data collected pursuant to the different collection categories 6 and tabulations described in subdivision one of this section, to the 7 degree that the data quality is sufficient, shall be included in every 8 demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of residents of the 9 state of New York by the state agency, board, department, or commission 10 published or released on or after December first, two thousand twenty- 11 five; provided, however, that for the department of labor, division of 12 criminal justice services, office of mental health and office of tempo- 13 rary and disability assistance such requirements shall be effective July 14 first, two thousand twenty-six. The data shall be made available to the 15 public in accordance with state and federal law, except for personal 16 identifying information, which shall be deemed confidential, by posting 17 the data on the internet web site of the agency, board, department, or 18 commission on or before December first, two thousand twenty-five, and 19 annually thereafter; provided, however, that for the department of 20 labor, division of criminal justice services, office of mental health 21 and office of temporary and disability assistance such requirements 22 shall be effective July first, two thousand twenty-six. If the data 23 quality is determined to be insufficient for publication, an explanation 24 of the problem with the data quality shall be included in any report or 25 publication made available to the public. This subdivision shall not be 26 construed to prevent any other state agency from posting data collected 27 pursuant to subdivision one of this section on the agency's internet web 28 site, in the manner prescribed by this section. 29 4. The requirements of this section shall not apply to the department 30 of labor, the division of criminal justice services, the office of 31 mental health or the office of temporary and disability assistance until 32 two years after this section shall have become a law. 33 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 34 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 35 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 36 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 37 completed on or before such effective date.
