NY Civ Rights L § 40 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 4 - Equal Rights in Places of Public Accommodation and Amusement 40 - Equal Rights in Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Amusement.

§  40.  Equal  rights  in  places  of  public accommodation, resort or   amusement. All persons within the jurisdiction of this  state  shall  be   entitled  to  the  full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities   and privileges  of  any  places  of  public  accommodations,  resort  or   amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by   law  and  applicable  alike  to all persons. No person, being the owner,   lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent or  employee  of  any   such place shall directly or indirectly refuse, withhold from or deny to   any   person  any  of  the  accommodations,  advantages,  facilities  or   privileges thereof, or directly or indirectly publish, circulate, issue,   display, post or mail any written or printed  communication,  notice  or   advertisement, to the effect that any of the accommodations, advantages,   facilities  and  privileges of any such place shall be refused, withheld   from or denied to any  person  on  account  of  race,  creed,  color  or   national  origin, or that the patronage or custom thereat, of any person   belonging to or purporting to be of any particular race, creed, color or   national original is unwelcome, objectionable or not acceptable, desired   or  solicited.  The  production  of  any   such   written   or   printed   communication, notice or advertisement, purporting to relate to any such   place  and to be made by any person being the owner, lessee, proprietor,   superintendent or manager thereof, shall be presumptive evidence in  any   civil  or criminal action that the same was authorized by such person. A   place of public accommodation, resort or amusement within the meaning of   this article, shall be deemed to include  inns,  taverns,  road  houses,   hotels,  whether  conducted for the entertainment of transient guests or   for the accommodation of those seeking health, recreation  or  rest,  or   restaurants,  or  eating  houses,  or  any  place where food is sold for   consumption on the premises; buffets, saloons, barrooms, or  any  store,   park  or  enclosure where spirituous or malt liquors are sold; ice cream   parlors, confectioneries, soda  fountains,  and  all  stores  where  ice   cream,  ice  and  fruit  preparations  or  their  derivatives,  or where   beverages of any kind are retailed  for  consumption  on  the  premises;   retail  stores  and  establishments,  dispensaries,  clinics, hospitals,   bath-houses, barber-shops,  beauty  parlors,  theatres,  motion  picture   houses,  airdromes,  roof  gardens,  music  halls, race courses, skating   rinks, amusement and  recreation  parks,  fairs,  bowling  alleys,  golf   courses,  gymnasiums,  shooting  galleries,  billiard  and pool parlors,   public libraries, kindergartens, primary  and  secondary  schools,  high   schools,  academies,  colleges  and universities, extension courses, and   all educational institutions under the supervision of the regents of the   state of New York; and any such public  library,  kindergarten,  primary   and secondary school, academy, college, university, professional school,   extension  course,  or other educational facility, supported in whole or   in part by public funds or by contributions solicited from  the  general   public;  garages,  all public conveyances, operated on land or water, as   well as the stations and terminals  thereof;  public  halls  and  public   elevators  of  buildings and structures occupied by two or more tenants,   or by the owner and one or more tenants. With regard to institutions for   the care of neglected and/or delinquent children supported  directly  or   indirectly,  in  whole  or  in part, by public funds, no accommodations,   advantages, facilities and privileges  of  such  institutions  shall  be   refused,  withheld  from  or  denied to any person on account of race or   color.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  modify  or   supersede  any of the provisions of the children's court act, the social   welfare law or the domestic relations court act  of  New  York  city  in   regard  to  religion  of custodial persons or agencies or to include any   institution, club, or place of accommodation  which  is  in  its  nature    distinctly   private,   or   to   prohibit  the  mailing  of  a  private   communication in writing sent in response to a specific written inquiry.No  institution,  club,  organization  or place of accommodation which   sponsors or conducts any amateur athletic contest or sparring exhibition   and advertises or bills such contest or exhibition as a New  York  state   championship  contest  or  uses  the  words  "New  York  state"  in  its   announcements shall be deemed a private exhibition within the meaning of   this section.