What's happening
This bill creates a statewide campaign in New York to promote acceptance, inclusion, and understanding of diversity and to combat discrimination.
Why it matters
Expands the state’s efforts beyond just anti-discrimination enforcement by requiring proactive public education and awareness campaigns. , aiming to shape social attitudes and reduce incidents of bias and hate before they occur.
Engages a wide range of partners—including schools, community groups, religious organizations, and local governments—. to maximize the campaign’s reach and tailor approaches to different communities and age groups, potentially leading to more meaningful local impact.
Mandates the creation and distribution of educational materials through multiple channels, including social media and printed materials,. which means the campaign could effectively reach both younger and older populations and adapt to evolving communication technologies.
Requires the Division of Human Rights to make campaign information easily accessible online and leverage both public and private resources,. possibly increasing transparency, accountability, and the overall scale of anti-bias efforts in New York State.
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Who cares
State Division of Human Rights
The division would develop and implement a statewide diversity campaign, create educational materials and post campaign information on its website.
Local governments and school districts
The division would coordinate and cooperate with them to promote acceptance and combat bias, hatred and discrimination.
Community groups, churches and charitable organizations
These groups are named as partners the division would work with in developing and implementing the campaign.
Religious and racial minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ New Yorkers
The campaign would promote inclusion and seek to prevent discrimination based on characteristics including religion, race, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.
Headline styles
Promote Diversity Statewide
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
Senator · Senate District 7
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Committed to rules
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.317
- Print number 7201a
- Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
- Referred to investigations and government 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 Statewide Diversity Awareness
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Operations · Sponsor Charles Lavine
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7201--A
IN SENATE
January 10, 2020
Introduced by Sens. KAPLAN, GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government 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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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a state- wide campaign for the acceptance, inclusion, tolerance and understanding of diversity
Purpose
To create a statewide campaign for acceptance, inclusion, tolerance and understanding of diversity.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 adds a new section 294-e to the executive law in creating a statewide campaign for acceptance, inclusion, tolerance and understand- ing of diversity. Specifically the division shall develop and implement a statewide campaign to increase awareness and promote the acceptance, inclusion, tolerance and understanding of the diversity of the people of New York including diversity based on religion, race, color, creed, sex, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. During the development and implementation the division shall adopt as its purpose the combating 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. The division shall coordinate and cooperate with public and private sources, develop materials to be distributed in print form, social media campaigns or other means, be responsible for making information avail- able on their website, and utilize other resources deemed appropriate.
Section 2 is the effective date.
Justification
Hate has no place here. This legislation creates a statewide campaign for acceptance, inclusion, tolerance, and understanding of diversity. We are currently seeking an uptick in crimes of hate and in particular, anti-Semitism, as well as Islamophobia and we must fight back against all forms of hate including anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia. This legislation is part of that fight by creating a campaign aimed at high- lighting the amazing diversity we have here in New York. The well round- ed campaign created under this legislation is an important needed step to address the hate including anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia we are currently experiencing.
Legislative history
None.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day.
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