79-O - Close Captioning in Places of Public Accomodation, Resort or Amusement.

NY Civ Rights L § 79-O (2019) (N/A)
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(a) no televisions in the public area of the place of public accommodation, resort or amusement are capable of providing closed captioning; or

(b) in the event that two televisions in the public area of the place of public accommodation, resort or amusement have the same channel being broadcast, only one of the televisions shall be subject to this section. 3. As used in this section:

(a) "closed captioning" shall mean a feature on a television that when activated will visually display a transcription of the audio portion of video programming; and

(b) "public area" shall mean the section of a place of public accommodation, resort or amusement that is open to the general public. * NB Effective July 1, 2020