ยง 291. Equality of opportunity a civil right.
1. The opportunity to obtain employment without discrimination because
of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, military status, sex, marital status, or
disability, is hereby recognized as and declared to be a civil right.
2. The opportunity to obtain education, the use of places of public
accommodation and the ownership, use and occupancy of housing
accommodations and commercial space without discrimination because of
age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, military status, sex, marital status, or
disability, as specified in section two hundred ninety-six of this
article, is hereby recognized as and declared to be a civil right.
3. The opportunity to obtain medical treatment of an infant
prematurely born alive in the course of an abortion shall be the same as
the rights of an infant born spontaneously.
Structure New York Laws
291 - Equality of Opportunity a Civil Right.
293 - Division of Human Rights.
294 - General Policies of Division.
294-A - Statewide Campaign for the Acceptance, Inclusion, Tolerance and Understanding of Diversity.
295 - General Powers and Duties of Division.
296 - Unlawful Discriminatory Practices.
296-A - Unlawful Discriminatory Practices in Relation to Credit.
296-C - Unlawful Disciminatory Practices Relating to Interns.
296-D - Unlawful Discriminatory Practices Relating to Non-Employees.
298 - Judicial Review and Enforcement.
298-A - Application of Article to Certain Acts Committed Outside the State of New York.