N.Y. Executive Law Section 170-A
Celebration of Rosa Parks

  • bus companies

1.

For purposes of this section, the terms “bus company” and “bus line” shall have the same meanings as set forth in subdivisions two and three of Transportation Law § 2 (Definitions)section two of the transportation law.

2.

On February fourth, two thousand eight and every February fourth thereafter, a day of commemoration designated as “Rosa Parks Day” pursuant to § 168-A (Designation of days of commemoration)section one hundred sixty-eight-a of this article, every bus company operating a bus line in this state may reserve and keep empty one seat on each bus placed in service by such bus company in honor of civil rights activist Rosa Parks.

3.

Compliance with the provisions of this section shall be voluntary, and no bus company operating a bus line in this state shall be subject to any liability, either civil or criminal, solely for the failure to comply with the provisions of this section.

Source: Section 170-A — Celebration of Rosa Parks; bus companies, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EXC/170-A (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jul. 25, 2026).

161
Certain searches, the filing of papers, and certified copies, ordered by state officers to be gratuitous
162
Contracts for professional services of state and municipal employees
163
Contracts for services of state agencies
163–A
Contracts with Green Thumb Environmental Beautification, Incorporated
164
Reports by and to the department
164–A
Report and publication economy regulations
164–B
State aid to rural areas: agency reports
164–C
Printing cost reduction notices
164–D
Availability of application forms
165
Commission on uniform state laws
166
Record of appearances
167
Advertising and publicizing summer camps cited as subversive
168
Notices to attorneys at law by state bodies or officers
168–A
Designation of days of commemoration
169
Salaries of certain state officers
170
Audit of agencies by the state comptroller
170–A
Celebration of Rosa Parks
170–B
Employee loans
170–B*2
Racial references contained in state and municipal forms
170–C
Regulatory penalties for small businesses
170–D
Disclosure of disabled tenants’ rights
170–E
Disclosure of lawful source of income rights to prospective tenants
170–E*2
Collection of demographic information
170–F
Website accessibility
170–G
Collection of demographic information
170–H
Additional collection of demographic information
170–I
Gender-based violence and the workplace
170–J
Mental health references contained in state and municipal forms
170–K
Local cops, local crimes act
171
Discovery and disposition of human remains and funerary objects

Verified:
Jul. 25, 2026

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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