{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-l.l.-2004-042","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § L.L. 2004/042","heading":"L.L. 2004/042","body":"Enactment date: 9/9/2004\n\nInt. No. 188-A\n\nBy the Speaker (Council Member Miller) and Council Members Gerson, Avella, Barron, Boyland, Brewer, Clarke, Dilan, Fidler, Jackson, Koppell, Liu, Lopez, Martinez, McMahon, Quinn, Nelson, Perkins, Recchia, Reed, Rivera, Seabrook, Sears, Serrano, Vann, Yassky, Baez, Comrie, DeBlasio, Felder, Foster, Gonzalez, Jennings, Monserrate, Reyna, Stewart, Weprin, Moskowitz, Gentile, Gioia, Gennaro, Sanders, Palma and James.\n\nA Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting acts of harassment at schools.\n\nBe it enacted by the Council as follows:\n\nSection 1. Legislative findings: The Council finds that many students, teachers, administrators and others in the New York city school communities are plagued by harassing behavior that interferes with students' educational performance, opportunities and emotional or physical well-being and the well-being of the entire school community. Accordingly, the Council finds that it is necessary to establish strong policies in our City's schools prohibiting harassment for any reason including reasons based, in whole or in part, upon, but not limited to, a person's actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender, sex, family composition or circumstance, economic circumstance, physical characteristic, medical condition or school performance.\n\n* * *\n\n[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]\n\n* * *\n\n§ 3. If any subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or other portion of this local law is, for any reason, declared unconstitutional or invalid, in whole or in part, by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable and such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the local law that added this section, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.\n\n§ 4. Effective date. This local law shall take effect one hundred and eighty days after its enactment.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","2004"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"cf762bcaf321e5dd34086a1caa0368c5c57ec42f9a926ab406468fb33ee24a91","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-l.l.-2004-034","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-l.l.-2004-044"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}