2013 New York Consolidated Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 7 - (161 - 170-B*2) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
170-B*2 - Racial references contained in state and municipal forms.

 
    * §  170-b.  Racial references contained in state and municipal forms.
  No form or preprinted document utilized by  a  state  agency  or  public
  authority or by a municipality shall use the term "oriental" to identify
  or  denote  persons  of  Asian or Pacific Islander heritage. Any form or
  preprinted document utilizing such term shall be amended no  later  than
  January  first, two thousand ten to replace the term "oriental" with the
  term "Asian" or to otherwise refer to such persons as  being  Asian  and
  Pacific  Islander  persons  having  origins  in  any  of  the  Far  East
  countries, South East Asia,  the  Indian  subcontinent  or  the  Pacific
  Islands.
    * NB There are 2 § 170-b's