What's happening
This bill creates a statewide campaign to promote acceptance, inclusion, and understanding of diversity in New York.
Why it matters
Targets Bias and Discrimination Directly. By explicitly aiming to combat bias, hatred, and discrimination in all forms, this campaign could help address not only overt acts but also subtle, systemic issues that affect marginalized groups across New York.
Broad Scope of Inclusion. The legislation covers a comprehensive range of identities—religion, race, color, creed, sex, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression—meaning its potential impact spans nearly all communities vulnerable to discrimination.
Community Engagement and Education. The bill requires collaboration with local governments, schools, religious groups, nonprofits, and more, ensuring the campaign is not just top-down but also informed by grassroots and community-level perspectives.
Focus on Accessibility and Visibility. By mandating the creation of educational materials (including online content and social media campaigns) and ensuring information is easily accessible on the division’s website, the campaign aims to reach a wide and diverse audience efficiently and effectively.
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Who cares
State Division of Human Rights
The division would have to develop and implement a statewide diversity campaign, produce educational materials and post campaign information on its website.
Local governments and school districts
The division would be required to coordinate and cooperate with these groups in carrying out the campaign.
Community groups, churches and charitable organizations
These organizations are named as partners for the division’s efforts to combat bias, hatred and discrimination.
Religious and racial minorities, LGBTQ people and people with disabilities
The campaign would promote acceptance and inclusion and seek to prevent discrimination based on characteristics including religion, race, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and disability.
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Promote Statewide Diversity Awareness
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Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Print number 9549a
- Amend and recommit to governmental operations
- Referred to governmental operations
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Promote Diversity Statewide
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Anna Kaplan
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STATE OF NEW YORK
9549--A
IN ASSEMBLY
January 24, 2020
Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a statewide campaign for the acceptance, inclusion, tolerance and understanding of diversity
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 294-a to read as follows:
§ 294-a. Statewide campaign for the acceptance, inclusion, tolerance and understanding of diversity. 1. The division shall develop and implement a statewide campaign to increase awareness and promote the acceptance, inclusion, tolerance and understanding of the diversity of people of this state, including, but not limited to diversity based on religion, race, color, creed, sex, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. In the development and implementation of such campaign, the division shall adopt as its purpose, the combatting of bias, hatred and discrimination in all their forms and the prevention of discrimination based on religion, race, color, creed, sex, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
2. In order to effectuate the purpose of the campaign the division shall:
a. coordinate and cooperate with public and private organizations, including, but not limited to, local governments, community groups, school districts, churches, charitable organizations, foundations and other relevant groups;
b. develop educational materials to be distributed in printed form, social media campaigns or other means determined to be the most effective at reaching the public in a cost effective manner;
c. make information regarding such campaign available on its website; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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d. utilize other resources the division deems appropriate and any other resources, private or public, identified by the division.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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