Relates to enacting the reasonable accommodation anti-retaliation act

This bill, S 3398 (the "reasonable accommodation anti-retaliation act"), prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who request reasonable accommodations under New York's anti-discrimination law. It explicitly adds "requesting a reasonable accommodation" to the list of protected actions in Section 296 of the Executive Law, making it unlawful to punish workers for such requests - like disclosing personnel files in retaliation. The law clarifies that existing anti-discrimination protections already covered this, but the amendment makes the prohibition explicit and enforceable. It applies immediately to all actions occurring after its effective date.