N.Y. CVR Law § 40-C
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Discrimination
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§ 40-c. Discrimination. 1. All persons within the jurisdiction of this\nstate shall be entitled to the equal protection of the laws of this\nstate or any subdivision thereof.\n 2. No person shall, because of race, creed, color, national origin,\nsex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,\nor disability, as such term is defined in section two hundred ninety-two\nof the executive law, be subjected to any discrimination in his or her\ncivil rights, or to any harassment, as defined in section 240.25 of the\npenal law, in the exercise thereof, by any other person or by any firm,\ncorporation or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision\nof the state.\n
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