New York bill A00518 requires state agencies to use separate collection categories for Middle Eastern and North African groups in demographic data.

The New York bill A00518 amends the executive law to mandate that state agencies, boards, departments, and commissions collecting demographic data must use separate categories for Middle Eastern and North African groups. This includes specific North African groups such as Egyptian, Moroccan, Algerian, Sudanese, Tunisian, and Libyan, and Middle Eastern groups including Yemeni, Iranian, Palestinian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Israeli, Jordanian, Syrian, Armenian, and Saudi. The collected data must be made public, except for personal identifying information, which remains confidential.

New York bill A00518 requires state agencies to use separate collection categories for Middle Eastern and North African groups in demographic data.

The New York bill A00518 amends the executive law to mandate that state agencies, boards, departments, and commissions collecting demographic data must use separate categories for Middle Eastern and North African groups. This includes specific North African groups such as Egyptian, Moroccan, Algerian, Sudanese, Tunisian, and Libyan, and Middle Eastern groups including Yemeni, Iranian, Palestinian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Israeli, Jordanian, Syrian, Armenian, and Saudi. The collected data must be made public, except for personal identifying information, which remains confidential.