Albany County, NY
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2023-03-21
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Division 3: Resolutions
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Chapter 335 County Facilities
- Division 1: Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 2: Local Laws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Contracts and Purchasing
- Ch 17 Ethics and Financial Disclosure
- Ch 23 Fire Insurance Proceeds
- Ch 44 Mass Transportation
- Ch 51 Nature and Historical Preserve
- Ch 58 Officers and Employees
- Ch 65 Property, County
- Ch 79 Traffic Safety Board
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 100 Air Pollution
- Ch 102 Airport
- Ch 106 Alcohol and Controlled Substances
- Ch 110 Animals
- Ch 117 Bicycles and Scooters
- Ch 125 Child Protection
- Ch 130 Corrections
- Ch 135 Economic Development
- Ch 138 Employment Practices
- Ch 142 Energy Conservation
- Ch 146 Environmental Review and Protection
- Ch 153 Farming
- Ch 157 Fees and Charges
- Ch 161 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 165 Fireworks
- Ch 170 Food Service Establishments
- Ch 175 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 187 Home and Day Care Providers
- Ch 191 Human Rights
- Ch 194 Hunting
- Ch 210 Oil and Gas Operations
- Ch 218 Pesticides
- Ch 226 Retail Sales
- Ch 233 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 242 Smoking and Tobacco Products
- Ch 247 Solid Waste
- Ch 253 Stormwater Management
- Ch 258 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 265 Tattooing and Body Piercing
- Ch 270 Taxation
- Ch 274 Taxicabs
- Ch 279 Towing
- Ch 288 Vehicles
- Ch 292 Veterans
- Ch 297 Water
- Division 3: Resolutions
- Ch 305 Affirmative Action Plan
- Ch 307 Agricultural Districts
- Ch 315 Airport
- Ch 320 Boards, Committees, Commissions and Agencies
- Ch 329 Children and Families
- Ch 332 Corrections and Correctional Facility
- Ch 335 County Facilities
- Ch 335 Art I Menstrual Equity Policy
- § 335-1 Findings and intent.
- § 335-2 Free access to products.
- Ch 338 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 342 Departments
- Ch 346 Development Corporations
- Ch 353 Energy and Environmental Sustainability Policy
- Ch 357 Fees
- Ch 360 Finance and Taxation
- Ch 364 Flag Policy
- Ch 376 Hunting and Trapping
- Ch 382 Internet and Electronic Account Privacy Protection
- Ch 386 Investment Policy
- Ch 395 Landlords and Tenants
- Ch 400 Land Use
- Ch 404 Legislation, Adoption of
- Ch 410 Local Food Purchasing Policy
- Ch 418 Mental Health Clinics
- Ch 421 Nondiscrimination Policy (Title VI Plan)
- Ch 425 Personnel Policies and Benefits
- Ch 429 Pesticide Use
- Ch 434 Property, Disposition of
- Ch 440 Public Utility Service
- Ch 445 Purchasing and Contracts
- Ch 455 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 463 Senior Community Service Program
- Ch 469 Smoking
- Ch 475 Stormwater Management
- Ch 488 Workplace Violence Prevention Policy
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Albany County Legislature as indicated
in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-12-2021 by Res. No. 318-2021]
A.
Menstruation
is a natural monthly occurrence experienced by more than half the
population for much of their lives, and should not be treated differently
than any other basic bodily function, be considered "taboo" or otherwise
stigmatized in any way.
B.
Menstrual
products are vital for the health, well-being and full participation
of individuals throughout the County, and the ability to access these
items affects a person's freedom to work, study, stay healthy and
engage in the world with basic dignity.
C.
Menstrual
products are basic necessities, much like toilet paper and soap, and
should never be treated as luxury items or accessories.
D.
The Albany
County Legislature finds that 86% of menstruating people in the United
States have found themselves in need of menstrual products while in
public, and 79% of menstruating people have been forced to "create"
a tampon or pad out of toilet paper or other nonhygienic items.
E.
The Albany
County Legislature believes that all people, including its employees
and those who use County facilities, should have guaranteed access
to free menstrual products.
It shall be the policy of Albany County that menstrual products,
including tampons and sanitary pads/napkins, shall be made available
in all appropriate County-owned or -managed facility restrooms designated
female or unisex, at no cost to recipients.
