§ 252. Discrimination against members of organized militia. No
association or corporation, constituted or organized for the purpose of
promoting the success of the trade, employment, or business of the
members thereof, shall by any constitution, rule, by-law, resolution,
vote, or regulation, discriminate against any member of the organized
militia of the state of New York, because of such membership in respect
of the eligibility of such member of the said organized militia to
membership in such association or corporation, or in respect of his
right to retain said last mentioned membership; it being the purpose of
this section and the section immediately preceding to protect a member
of the said organized militia from disadvantage in his means of
livelihood and liberty therein but not to give him any preference or
advantage on account of his membership of said organized militia. A
person who aids in enforcing any such provisions against a member of the
said organized militia with the intent to discriminate against him
because of such membership, is guilty of a misdemeanor.