Laws
New York requires the collection of disaggregated data for AANHPI communities (all state agencies) and Black communities (select agencies).
A 2022 state law requires every state agency, board, department, or commission that directly collects demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of New York state residents to use separate collection categories and tabulations for the following Asian and Pacific Islander groups:
- Asian groups: Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Vietnamese, Asian Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, all of the 10 most populous Asian groups in the most recent five-year American community Survey published by the United States Census Bureau;
- Pacific Islander groups: Native Hawaiian, Guamanian and Chamorro, Samoan;
- OR collection categories shall include a category for other Asian or Pacific Island group.
“The requirements of this section shall not apply to the department of labor, the division of criminal justice services, the office of mental health or the office of temporary and disability assistance until two years after this section shall have become a law” (July 1, 2024). NY EXEC 170-e*2 (S.6639-A/A.6896).
Another law requires the Department of Health to “identify disparities in health care access and quality by aggregating the information collected . . . by population subgroups to include race, ethnicity, gender and age”. HB18 (2012); 4-14A-3 NMSA 1978. However, the law does not define specific subgroups. The Department of Health maintains information about implementation of the law, including a 2021 report.
Bills
A6219
A6219 (2023-2024 session) would expand the state’s existing data disaggregation law (170-e, described above) to include White North African and Middle Eastern groups OR a category for other Middle Eastern or Northern African group:
- Each Major Middle Eastern or North African group shall include Lebanese, Egyptian, Israeli, Turkish, Iranian, Syrian, Moroccan, Palestinian, and all of the 10 most populous Middle Eastern or North African groups in the most recent five-year American Community Survey published By the United States Census Bureau;
- OR a category for other Middle Eastern or Northern African group.