{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-494","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. General Business Law § 494","heading":"Denial of access","body":"§ 494. Denial of access. 1. The consumer protection division, as\nestablished in section ninety-four-a of the executive law, shall have\nthe power and duty:\n  (a) to receive complaints from any individual that has been denied\naccess to an employee toilet facility in violation of this article;\n  (b) to attempt to mediate such complaints where appropriate; and\n  (c) to refer such complaints to the appropriate unit of the department\nor the federal, state or other agency authorized by law for appropriate\naction on such complaints.\n  2. Any county, city or town office of consumer protection shall have\nthe power and duty:\n  (a) to receive complaints from any individual that has been denied\naccess to an employee toilet facility in violation of this article;\n  (b) to attempt to mediate such complaints where appropriate; and\n  (c) to refer such complaints to the appropriate unit of the department\nor the federal, state or other agency authorized by law for appropriate\naction on such complaints.","path":["General Business Law","Article 28-F. Crohn's and Colitis Fairness Act"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/GBS/494","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"faaca69f714bf171339aaaa543eb82fa566d1a19766c9a76e803a999146ce7fe","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-493","next":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-495"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}