N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 40-c: Discrimination

§ 40-c. Discrimination. 1. All persons within the jurisdiction of this

state shall be entitled to the equal protection of the laws of this

state or any subdivision thereof.

2. No person shall, because of race, creed, color, national origin,

sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,

or disability, as such term is defined in section two hundred ninety-two

of the executive law, be subjected to any discrimination in his or her

civil rights, or to any harassment, as defined in section 240.25 of the

penal law, in the exercise thereof, by any other person or by any firm,

corporation or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision

of the state.