N.Y. Executive Law § 170-e*2: Collection of demographic information

* § 170-e. Collection of demographic information. 1. Every state

agency, board, department, or commission that directly collects

demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of residents of the

state of New York shall use separate collection categories and

tabulations for the following Asian and Pacific Islander groups in New

York state:

(a) each major Asian group shall include Chinese, Japanese, Filipino,

Korean, Vietnamese, Asian Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and all of the

ten most populous Asian groups in the most recent five-year American

community survey published by the United States Census Bureau; and

(b) each major Pacific Islander group shall include Native Hawaiian,

Guamanian and Chamorro, and Samoan; or

(c) collection categories shall include a category for other Asian or

Pacific Island group.

2. Every state agency, board, department, or commission that directly

collects demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of

residents of the state of New York shall use separate collection

categories and tabulations for the following:

(a) the primary language spoken at home; and

(b) the ethnic group or ancestry.

3. Upon the release of a new five-year American community survey

published by the United States Census Bureau, every state agency, board,

department or commission shall update their data collection and

reporting practices as required by this section and shall continue to

collect and report on any demographic group no longer included in the

ten most populous groups until the release of the following five-year

American community survey, at which time state agencies, boards,

departments or commissions may cease to collect and report on such

demographic groups provided they remain outside the ten most populous

groups.

4. The data collected pursuant to the different collection categories

and tabulations described in subdivision one of this section, to the

degree that the data quality is sufficient, shall be included in every

demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of residents of the

state of New York by the state agency, board, department, or commission

published or released on or after December first, two thousand

twenty-three; provided, however, that for the department of labor,

division of criminal justice services, office of mental health and

office of temporary and disability assistance such requirements shall be

effective July first, two thousand twenty-four. The data shall be made

available to the public in accordance with state and federal law, except

for personal identifying information, which shall be deemed

confidential, by posting the data on the internet web site of the

agency, board, department, or commission on or before December first,

two thousand twenty-three, and annually thereafter; provided, however,

that for the department of labor, division of criminal justice services,

office of mental health and office of temporary and disability

assistance such requirements shall be effective July first, two thousand

twenty-four. If the data quality is determined to be insufficient for

publication, an explanation of the problem with the data quality shall

be included in any report or publication made available to the public.

This subdivision shall not be construed to prevent any other state

agency from posting data collected pursuant to subdivision one of this

section on the agency's internet web site, in the manner prescribed by

this section.

5. The requirements of this section shall not apply to the department

of labor, the division of criminal justice services, the office of

mental health or the office of temporary and disability assistance until

two years after this section shall have become a law.

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