New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
Chapter I - Regulations Of The Superintendent Of Financial Services
Part 6 - Enforcement; Prohibitions
Section 6.2 - Prohibition against questions eliciting information concerning political affiliation

No question in any examination or application or other proceeding by or under the State commission or department or their examiners shall be so framed as to elicit information concerning, nor shall any other attempt be made to ascertain, the political opinions or affiliations of any applicant, competitor or eligible, and all disclosures thereof shall be discountenanced by the commission or department and its examiners. No discrimination shall be exercised, threatened or promised against or in favor of any applicant, competitor or eligible because of his political opinions of affiliations.