New York Legislature Passes Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act

Last week, the New York legislature passed and sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his signature A00747, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (full text).  As reported by the National Law Review, the bill amends New York's anti-discrimination laws to expressly ban discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression, and adds to the list of offenses subject to treatment as hate crimes offenses regarding gender identity or expression. The Governor is expected to sign the bill.