N.Y. Executive Law § 170-b*2: Racial references contained in state and municipal forms

* § 170-b. Racial references contained in state and municipal forms.

No form or preprinted document utilized by a state agency or public

authority or by a municipality shall use the term "oriental" to identify

or denote persons of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage. Any form or

preprinted document utilizing such term shall be amended no later than

January first, two thousand ten to replace the term "oriental" with the

term "Asian" or to otherwise refer to such persons as being Asian and

Pacific Islander persons having origins in any of the Far East

countries, South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent or the Pacific

Islands.

* NB There are 2 § 170-b's