[Adopted 4-4-2017 by L.L.
No. 4-2017]
This Town Board hereby finds and determines the following:
A.
The Town is a leader in protecting civil rights and preventing discrimination
on the basis of religion, race, national origin, age, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and disability.
B.
Both freedom of speech and religion are cornerstones of law and public
policy in the United States, and the Town strongly supports and affirms
these important freedoms.
C.
The exercise of First Amendment rights is not a justification for
engaging in acts of unlawful discrimination.
D.
The Town must take action to avoid supporting or financing unlawful
discrimination.
E.
It is the intent of the Town Board to ensure that taxpayer funds
are not used to do business with or otherwise support any private
entity that engages in discriminatory actions against the Jewish people
or individuals of the Jewish faith under the pretext of a constitutionally
protected boycott of the State of Israel.
For the purpose of this article, certain words are defined as
follows:
Engaging in refusals to deal with, terminating business activities
with, or taking other actions to limit commercial relations with Israel,
or persons or entities doing business in Israel or in Israeli-controlled
territories, when such actions are taken:
In a manner that discriminates on the basis of nationality,
national origin, religion or other unreasonable basis that is not
founded on a valid business reason.
In compliance or adherence to calls for a boycott of Israel
other than those boycotts to which 50 U.S.C. § 4607(c) applies.
The exception for "boycotts to which 50 U.S.C. § 4607(c)
applies" shall be narrowly construed, shall not include boycotts primarily
called for by entities that are not recognized foreign nations, and
shall be limited or no longer apply if 50 U.S.C. § 4607(c)
is limited or superseded by future federal legislation or case law.
Any sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited-liability
partnership, limited-liability company, or other entity or business
association, including all wholly owned business subsidiaries, majority-owned
subsidiaries, parent companies or affiliates of such entities or business
associations, that exists for the purpose of making profit.
The Town shall not enter into any contract with, or otherwise
do business with, an individual or company identified by the New York
State Office of General Services or the Office of the New York State
Comptroller as engaging in a boycott of Israel.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of
this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance
shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid
or unconstitutional, such order or judgment shall not affect, impair,
or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its
operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part
of this article or in its application to the person or circumstance
directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment or order
shall be rendered.
