N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1021-n: Equal employment opportunity

§ 1021-n. Equal employment opportunity. All contracts entered into by

the authority pursuant to this title of whatever nature and all

documents soliciting bids or proposals therefor shall contain or make

reference to the following provision:

The contractor shall not discriminate against employees or applicants

for employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age,

disability or marital status, and will undertake or continue existing

programs of affirmative action to ensure that minority group persons and

women are afforded equal opportunity without discrimination. Such

programs shall include, but not be limited to, recruitment, employment,

job assignment, promotion, upgrading, demotion, transfer, layoff,

termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection

for training and retraining, including apprenticeship and on-the-job

training.