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NY A08699

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/30/2025

Primary Sponsor

Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes that employment discrimination claims can be based on a practice's discriminatory effect (disparate impact), even without proof of discriminatory intent

  • Defines discriminatory effect as a practice that actually or predictably results in disparate impact on a protected class

  • Creates a burden-shifting framework: complainant must first prove discriminatory effect, then employer must prove the practice is job-related and consistent with business necessity

  • Allows complainants to still prevail if they can show the business necessity could be served by an alternative practice with less discriminatory effect

  • Specifies that business necessity justifications must be supported by evidence (not hypothetical) and cannot be used as a defense against intentional discrimination claims

Legislative Description

Clarifies the standard for when a practice has a discriminatory effect; provides that an unlawful discriminatory practice may be established by such practice's discriminatory effect, even if such practice was not motivated by a discriminatory intent.

Last Action

substituted by s8338

6/10/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules6/9/2025
Codes6/5/2025
Governmental Operations5/30/2025

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