N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 5003-b: Nondisclosure agreements

§ 5003-b. Nondisclosure agreements. Notwithstanding any other law to

the contrary, for any claim or cause of action, whether arising under

common law, equity, or any provision of law, the factual foundation for

which involves discrimination, in violation of laws prohibiting

discrimination, including but not limited to, article fifteen of the

executive law, in resolving, by agreed judgment, stipulation, decree,

agreement to settle, assurance of discontinuance or otherwise, no

employer, its officer or employee shall have the authority to include or

agree to include in such resolution any term or condition that would

prevent the disclosure of the underlying facts and circumstances to the

claim or action unless the condition of confidentiality is the

plaintiff's preference. Any such term or condition must be provided to

all parties, and the plaintiff shall have twenty-one days to consider

such term or condition. If after twenty-one days such term or condition

is the plaintiff's preference, such preference shall be memorialized in

an agreement signed by all parties. For a period of at least seven days

following the execution of such agreement, the plaintiff may revoke the

agreement, and the agreement shall not become effective or be

enforceable until such revocation period has expired.