NYS Civil Rights Law

   § 40-c. Discrimination. 1. All persons within the jurisdiction of this

 state  shall  be  entitled  to  the equal protection of the laws of this

 state or any subdivision thereof.

   2. No person shall, because of race, creed,  color,  national  origin,

 sex,  marital  status  or disability, as such term is defined in section

 two hundred ninety-two  of  the  executive  law,  be  subjected  to  any

 discrimination  in his civil rights, or to any harassment, as defined in

 section 240.25 of the penal law, in the exercise thereof, by  any  other

 person  or  by  any firm, corporation or institution, or by the state or

 any agency or subdivision of the state.