Requires state and municipal agencies, authorities, boards and commissions that collect demographic data as to the ancestry or origins of state residents to utilize a separate collection and tabulation category entitled "Asian or Pacific Islander" for the purpose of identifying persons having origins in any of the Far East countries, South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent or the Pacific Islands.

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S3325-2013 Actions

• Jan 31, 2013: REFERRED TO FINANCE

S3325-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3325

TITLE  OF  BILL:    An  act to amend the executive law, in relation to
requiring  state  and  municipal  agencies,  authorities,  boards  and
commissions  that  collect  demographic  data  as  to  the ancestry or
origins of state  residents  to  utilize  a  separate  collection  and
tabulation  category  entitled  "Asian  or  Pacific  Islander" for the
purpose of identifying persons having origins in any of the  Far  East
countries,  South  East  Asia,  the Indian subcontinent or the Pacific
Islands

PURPOSE:  To amend the executive law, in relation to  requiring  state
and  municipal  agencies,  authorities,  boards  and  commissions that
collect demographic data as  to  the  ancestry  or  origins  of  state
residents  to  utilize  a  separate collection and tabulation category
entitled "Asian or Pacific Islander" for the  purpose  of  identifying
persons  having  origins  in any of the Far East countries, South East
Asia, the Indian subcontinent or the Pacific Islands.

JUSTIFICATION:    Oftentimes,  agencies  omit  the  Asian  or  Pacific
Islander   category   when  collecting  demographics,  and  are  often
categorized instead as "Others".  Since  Asian  or  Pacific  Islanders
constitute  approximately  7  percent  of  the  State's population and
approximately  13  percent  of  New  York  City's  population,  it  is
difficult  to  determine  whether or not such agencies are identifying
the needs of this specific racial demographic, and when categorized as
"Others", their needs are left unmet.

For example, in the New York State Department of Health's "The  Impact
of   Oral  Disease"  report  from  December  2006,  Table  VI,  titled
"Percentage of People who Had Their Teeth Cleaned within the Past Year
Aged 18 and Older", Asians are not categorized in the ethnicities, and
are therefore listed as "Other". Additionally, in the New  York  State
Division  of  Criminal  Justice  Services'  200$  report  on  Domestic
Homicide in New York State  neglected  to  categorize  the  victimized
Asian population.

This  bill  only  affects  agencies  that  presently  already  collect
demographic data.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:   Senate 2009-10: 8.7665 -  Referred  to  Finance
Assembly 2009-10: A.9973 (Meng) Referred to Governmental Operations

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

S3325-2013 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    3325

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                              January 31, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by Sens. HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered
    printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

  AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  requiring  state  and
    municipal  agencies,  authorities, boards and commissions that collect
    demographic data as to the ancestry or origins of state  residents  to
    utilize  a separate collection and tabulation category entitled "Asian
    or Pacific Islander" for the purpose  of  identifying  persons  having
    origins  in any of the Far East countries, South East Asia, the Indian
    subcontinent or the Pacific Islands

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-c
  to read as follows:

    S 170-C. RACIAL REFERENCES UTILIZED IN THE COLLECTION  OF  DEMOGRAPHIC
  DATA. ANY STATE OR MUNICIPAL AGENCY, AUTHORITY, BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT
  COLLECTS  DEMOGRAPHIC  DATA AS TO THE ANCESTRY OR ORIGINS OF STATE RESI-
  DENTS SHALL UTILIZE IN SUCH COLLECTION, AND IN ALL FORMS AND OTHER WRIT-
  TEN AND ELECTRONIC MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH COLLECTION, A SEPARATE
  COLLECTION AND TABULATION CATEGORY ENTITLED "ASIAN OR PACIFIC  ISLANDER"
  FOR  THE PURPOSE OF IDENTIFYING PERSONS HAVING ORIGINS IN ANY OF THE FAR
  EAST COUNTRIES, SOUTH EAST ASIA, THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT OR THE  PACIFIC
  ISLANDS.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD06463-01-3