N.Y. Executive Law § 170-h: Additional collection of demographic information

§ 170-h. Additional 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 Middle Eastern and North African groups in

New York state:

(a) Each major North African (NA) group shall include Egyptian,

Moroccan, Algerian, Sudanese, Tunisian, and Libyan; and

(b) Each major Middle Eastern (ME) group shall include Yemeni,

Iranian, Palestinian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Israeli, Jordanian, Syrian,

Armenian, and Saudi; and

(c) Collection categories shall include a category for other Middle

Eastern or North African groups.

2. 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 January first, two thousand

twenty-seven. 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 January first, two thousand twenty-seven, and annually

thereafter. 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.

3. A state agency, board, or commission that cannot comply with the

requirements of this section shall, at least sixty days before the

applicable deadline, post publicly on its web site a written progress

report that describes with specificity the steps the agency, board, or

commission has taken to comply with this section, the impediments that

prevented compliance, the efforts undertaken by the agency, board, or

commission to come into compliance, and an estimated timeframe for

compliance. The written report shall be updated every six months from

the date of the original posting.