New York S 6842: Relates to protections against anti-Semitism in the human rights law and the hate crimes statute

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S06842 Summary:

BILL NOS06842 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGRIFFO

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, HELMING, MARTINS, MATTERA, OBERACKER, RHOADS, ROLISON, STEC, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§292 & 297, Exec L; amd §485.05, Pen L

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Provides protections against anti-Semitism in the human rights law and the hate crimes statute.

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03/25/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6842

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, BORRELLO, HELMING, MARTINS, MATTERA, OBER-
 ACKER, RHOADS, ROLISON, STEC, WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations
 and Government Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the penal law, in relation to
 protections against anti-Semitism in the human rights law

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and determinations. The legislature
 2 finds and determines that discrimination and attacks have been unfairly
 3 and wrongfully levied and directed against the Jewish people and their
 4 faith for generations, from ancient times to the present. Such discrimi-
 5 nation and attacks, manifesting themselves through acts of anti-Semi-
 6 tism, have proven to be among the most despicable acts of mankind, call-
 7 ing witness to countless acts of death, deprivation, injustice and
 8 holocaust.
 9 The legislature further finds and determines that anti-Semitism sadly
 10 remains today, still a persistent, disturbing problem in certain
 11 segments of society, political movements, on college campuses, and by
 12 select disturbed and/or seriously misguided or hateful individuals.
 13 The legislature also finds and determines that acts of anti-Semitism
 14 have even very recently resulted in homicidal attacks against Jewish
 15 places of worship in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and in the defacement and
 16 mutilation of publicly displayed photographs in New York City of a prom-
 17 inent and respected Jewish member of the United States Supreme Court.
 18 The legislature additionally finds and determines that both the feder-
 19 al Department of Justice, and the federal Department of Education, have
 20 properly concluded that both state and federal law prohibits discrimi-
 21 nation against persons of the Jewish faith, as well as members of other
 22 religious groups, when such discrimination is based on the actual or
 23 perceived religious faith, shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics, or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08534-01-5

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 1 when the discrimination is based on actual or perceived citizenship or
 2 residence in a country whose residents share a dominant religion or a
 3 distinct religious identity.
 4 The legislature further finds and determines that persons of the
 5 Jewish faith, and/or of Jewish heritage, are continuing to be threat-
 6 ened, harassed or intimidated in their daily lives, work and education
 7 (including on their college campuses) and in the practice of their reli-
 8 gion, by acts of anti-Semitism, due to the basis of their religious
 9 belief, shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics, including but not
 10 limited to harassing conduct that creates a hostile environment so
 11 severe, pervasive, or persistent as to interfere with or limit their
 12 ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or
 13 opportunities offered by their daily life, work, schools or practice of
 14 their faith and/or religious principles.
 15 The legislature finally finds and determines that legislation is
 16 therefore necessary to place a definition of anti-Semitism within the
 17 state human rights law, to specifically provide that acts of anti-Semi-
 18 tism shall constitute a violation of the state human