![]() ![]() Under a new law passed in 2018, employers must offer yearly sexual harassment prevention training required by the State of New York. Below is a sample that libraries can use and customize for their needs. We recommend that each library adopt a Tobacco Free Policy. A sign needs to be outside of each door of the building, regardless of whether such door serves as a public entrance or exit. Libraries which are co-located in a building with non-library entities should contact the local county department of health to determine what is required to comply with the law. The signs should be located approximately where the 100-foot restricted perimeter begins, or as close as possible. Libraries (which includes reading rooms) are required to “prominently post” and “properly maintain” signage where smoking is restricted. NYLA has smoking guidance information available. Smoking in a residence, or within the real property boundary lines of such Provided, however, that the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to Subdivision two of section two hundred fifty-three of the education law Permitted and no person shall smoke within one hundred feet of the entrances,Įxits or outdoor areas of any public or association library as defined in Public Health Law §1399-o was amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read: New York passed a prohibition on smoking on the grounds of libraries which took effect on June 19, 2019.
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