N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2505-B

Current through 2024 NY Law Chapter 457

Section 2505-B - Lactation accommodations in airports

1. The terminal operator of a commercial service airport owned or operated by a county, city, town, village, or state or local authority that has one million or more enplanements a year shall provide a room or other location at each airport passenger terminal behind the airport security screening area for members of the public to express breast milk in private that meets the following conditions:

(a) includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet;

(b) is located outside of the confines of a public restroom; and

(c) upon completion of the construction of a new passenger terminal, or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an existing passenger terminal, includes a sink.

2. The terminal operator of a commercial service airport owned or operated by a county, city, town, village, or state or local authority that has fewer than one million, but more than ten thousand enplanements a year shall, upon completion of the construction of a new passenger terminal, or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an existing passenger terminal, provide a room or other location at each airport passenger terminal behind the airport security screening area for members of the public to express breast milk in private that meets the following conditions:

(a) includes, at a minimum, a chair, a sink, and an electrical outlet; and

(b) is located outside of the confines of a public restroom.

3. As used in this section, "renovation of an existing passenger terminal" means the repurposing of more than twenty-five percent of the space in the passenger terminal.

N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2505-B

Added by New York Laws 2022, ch. 373,Sec. 2, eff. 1/1/2023.