Closed captioning in places of public accommodation, resort or amusement

§ 79-o. Closed captioning in places of public accommodation, resort or
amusement. 1. A place of public accommodation, resort or amusement, as
defined in subdivision nine of section two hundred ninety-two of the
executive law, shall upon request be required to have closed captioning
enabled on all televisions that are located in the public area of such
establishment during regular hours of business. The regular hours of
business of the place of public accommodation, resort or amusement shall
be the hours of operation as posted in such establishment.

2. The provisions of this section shall not apply if:

(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.