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N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 47: Use of public facilities by persons with a disability

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  1. Civil Rights Law
  2. Article 4-B. Rights of Persons With a Disability Accompanied By Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs or Service Dogs

§ 47. Use of public facilities by persons with a disability. 1. No

person shall be denied admittance to and/or the equal use of and

enjoyment of any public facility solely because said person is a person

with a disability and is accompanied by a guide dog, hearing dog or

service dog.

2. For the purposes of this section the term "public facility" shall

include, but shall not be limited to, all modes of public and private

transportation, all forms of public and private housing accommodations

whether permanent or temporary, buildings to which the public is invited

or permitted, including those maintained by the state or by any

political subdivision thereof, all educational facilities and

institutions, including those maintained by the state or by any

political subdivision thereof, all places where food is offered for

sale, all theatres, including both live playhouses and motion picture

establishments and all other places of public accommodations,

convenience, resort, entertainment, or business to which the general

public or any classification of persons therefrom is normally or

customarily invited or permitted.

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