* § 170-h. Additional collection of demographic information. 1. Every
state agency, board, department, or commission that directly collects
demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of residents of the
state of New York shall use separate collection categories and
tabulations for the following Middle Eastern and North African groups in
New York state:

(a) Each major North African (NA) group shall include Egyptian,
Moroccan, Algerian, Sudanese, Tunisian, and Libyan; and

(b) Each major Middle Eastern (ME) group shall include Yemeni,
Iranian, Palestinian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Israeli, Jordanian, Syrian,
Armenian, and Saudi; and

(c) Collection categories shall include a category for other Middle
Eastern or North African groups.

2. The data collected pursuant to the different collection categories
and tabulations described in subdivision one of this section, to the
degree that the data quality is sufficient, shall be included in every
demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of residents of the
state of New York by the state agency, board, department, or commission
published or released on or after January first, two thousand
twenty-seven. The data shall be made available to the public in
accordance with state and federal law, except for personal identifying
information, which shall be deemed confidential, by posting the data on
the internet web site of the agency, board, department, or commission on
or before January first, two thousand twenty-seven, and annually
thereafter. If the data quality is determined to be insufficient for
publication, an explanation of the problem with the data quality shall
be included in any report or publication made available to the public.
This subdivision shall not be construed to prevent any other state
agency from posting data collected pursuant to subdivision one of this
section on the agency's internet web site, in the manner prescribed by
this section.

3. A state agency, board, or commission that cannot comply with the
requirements of this section shall, at least sixty days before the
applicable deadline, post publicly on its web site a written progress
report that describes with specificity the steps the agency, board, or
commission has taken to comply with this section, the impediments that
prevented compliance, the efforts undertaken by the agency, board, or
commission to come into compliance, and an estimated timeframe for
compliance. The written report shall be updated every six months from
the date of the original posting.

* NB Effective July 1, 2026