N.Y. EDN Law § 3201

§ 3201. Discrimination on account of race, creed, color or national\norigin prohibited. 1. No person shall be refused admission into or be\nexcluded from any public school in the state of New York on account of\nrace, creed, color or national origin.\n 2. Except with the express approval of a board of education having\njurisdiction, a majority of the members of such board having been\nelected, no student shall be assigned or compelled to attend any school\non account of race, creed, color or national origin, or for the purpose\nof achieving equality in attendance or increased attendance or reduced\nattendance, at any school, of persons of one or more particular races,\ncreeds, colors, or national origins; and no school district, school zone\nor attendance unit, by whatever name known, shall be established,\nreorganized or maintained for any such purpose, provided that nothing\ncontained in this section shall prevent the assignment of a pupil in the\nmanner requested or authorized by his parents or guardian, and further\nprovided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect, in any\nway, the right of a religious or denominational educational institution\nto select its pupils exclusively or primarily from members of such\nreligion or denomination or from giving preference to such selection to\nsuch members or to make such selection to its pupils as is calculated to\npromote the religious principle for which it is established.\n