2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 17 - Protecting the Elective Franchise › Title 2 - John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York › 17-208 - Assistance for Language-Minority Groups.

* § 17-208. Assistance  for  language-minority  groups.  1.  Political
subdivisions  required  to  provide  language  assistance.  A  board  of
elections  or  a  political subdivision that administers elections shall
provide  language-related  assistance  in  voting  and  elections  to  a
language-minority  group  in  a  political subdivision if, based on data
from the American  community  survey,  or  data  of  comparable  quality
collected by a public office, that:
(a) more than two percent, but in no instance fewer than three hundred
individuals,  of  the  citizens of voting age of a political subdivision
are members of a single language-minority group and are limited  English
proficient.
(b)  more  than  four  thousand  of the citizens of voting age of such
political subdivision are members of a  single  language-minority  group
and are limited English proficient.
(c)  in  the  case of a political subdivision that contains all or any
part of a Native American reservation, more  than  two  percent  of  the
Native  American  citizens  of  voting  age  within  the Native American
reservation are members of a  single  language-minority  group  and  are
limited  English proficient. For the purposes of this paragraph, "Native
American" is defined to include any persons  recognized  by  the  United
States  census  bureau  or  New  York  as  "American  Indian" or "Alaska
Native".
2. Language assistance  to  be  provided.  A  board  of  elections  or
political  subdivision  required  to  provide  language  assistance to a
particular  language-minority  group  pursuant  to  this  section  shall
provide  voting materials in the covered language of an equal quality of
the corresponding English language materials, including registration  or
voting  notices,  forms, instructions, assistance, or other materials or
information relating to the electoral process,  including  ballots.  Any
registration  or  voting  notices,  forms,  instructions, assistance, or
other materials  or  information  relating  to  the  electoral  process,
including ballots, in a covered political subdivision, shall be provided
in  the language of the applicable language-minority group as well as in
the English language, provided that where the language of the applicable
language-minority group is historically oral or unwritten, the board  of
elections  or  political  subdivision  shall only be required to furnish
oral  instructions,  assistance,  or  other  information   relating   to
registration and voting.
3.  Action for declaratory judgment for English-only voting materials.
A  board  of  elections  or  political  subdivision   subject   to   the
requirements  of  this  section  which  seeks  to  provide  English-only
materials may file  an  action  against  the  state  for  a  declaratory
judgment  permitting such provision. The court shall grant the requested
relief if it finds that the determination was unreasonable or  an  abuse
of discretion.
4.  Standing.  Any  aggrieved  persons,  organization whose membership
includes aggrieved persons or members of a protected class, organization
whose mission, in whole or in part, is to ensure voting access and  such
mission  would  be  hindered  by  a  violation  of  this section, or the
attorney general may file an action pursuant  to  this  section  in  the
supreme  court  of  the  county  in  which the alleged violation of this
section occurred.
5. This section shall not apply to special  districts  as  defined  by
section one hundred two of the real property tax law.
* NB Effective June 20, 2025