Court Opinions

State Laws

US Code

US Constitution

New York Civil Rights Law Section 47 - Use Of Public Facilities By Persons With A Disability.

Legal Research Home > New York Lawyer > Civil Rights > New York Civil Rights Law Section 47 - Use Of Public Facilities By Persons With A Disability.

    § 47.  Use  of  public facilities by persons with a disability. 1. No
  person shall be denied  admittance  to  and/or  the  equal  use  of  and
  enjoyment  of any public facility solely because said person is a person
  with a disability and is accompanied by a  guide  dog,  hearing  dog  or
  service dog.
    2.  For  the purposes of this section the term "public facility" shall
  include, but shall not be limited to, all modes of  public  and  private
  transportation,  all  forms of public and private housing accommodations
  whether permanent or temporary, buildings to which the public is invited
  or permitted,  including  those  maintained  by  the  state  or  by  any
  political   subdivision   thereof,   all   educational   facilities  and
  institutions,  including  those  maintained  by  the  state  or  by  any
  political  subdivision  thereof,  all  places  where food is offered for
  sale, all theatres, including both live playhouses  and  motion  picture
  establishments   and   all   other   places  of  public  accommodations,
  convenience, resort, entertainment, or business  to  which  the  general
  public  or  any  classification  of  persons  therefrom  is  normally or
  customarily invited or permitted.

Last modified: July 31, 2006