N.Y. General Municipal Law § 858-b: Equal employment opportunities

§ 858-b. Equal employment opportunities. 1. Each agency shall ensure

that all employees and applicants for employment are afforded equal

employment opportunity without discrimination.

2. Except as is otherwise provided by collective bargaining contracts

or agreements, new employment opportunities created as a result of

projects of the agency shall be listed with the New York state

department of labor community services division, and with the

administrative entity of the service delivery area created by the

federal job training partnership act (P.L. No. 97-300) in which the

project is located. Except as is otherwise provided by collective

bargaining contracts or agreements, sponsors of projects shall agree,

where practicable, to first consider persons eligible to participate in

the federal job training partnership (P.L. No. 97-300) programs who

shall be referred by administrative entities of service delivery areas

created pursuant to such act or by the community services division of

the department of labor for such such new employment opportunities.