Title CVR, Civil Rights

§ 79-a. Consequence of sentence to imprisonment for life. 1. Except as provided in subdivisions two and three, a person sentenced to imprisonment for life is thereafter deemed civilly dead; provided, that such a person may marry while on community supervision, or after he or she…

§ 79-b. Forfeiture of property on conviction abolished. A conviction of a person for any crime, does not work a forfeiture of any property, real or personal, or any right or interest therein. All forfeitures to the people of the state, in the nature of deodands, or in a case of …

§ 79-c. Convict protected by law. A convict sentenced to imprisonment is under the protection of the law, and any injury to his person, not authorized by law, is punishable in the same manner as if he were not sentenced or convicted. Nothing in sections seventy-nine or seventy-n…

§ 79-d. Creditor of convict. A person injured by the commission of a felony, for which the offender is sentenced to imprisonment in a state prison, is deemed the creditor of the offender, and of his estate after his death, within the provisions of the statutes relating thereto. …

§ 79-e. Right to breast feed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a mother may breast feed her baby in any location, public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be, irrespective of whether or not the nipple of the mother's breast is covered during or i…

§ 79-f. Liability for acts of persons assisting police officers. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, general or special or local, the state shall save harmless and protect any person who, upon being lawfully commanded, renders assistance to a police officer em…

§ 79-g. Filing of certificates of honorable discharge with county clerks. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law to the contrary, any person filing a certificate of honorable discharge in the office of a county clerk shall have the right to direct…

§ 79-h. Special provisions relating to persons employed by, or connected with, news media. (a) Definitions. As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Newspaper" shall mean a paper that is printed and distributed ordinarily not less frequently than once…

§ 79-i. Discrimination against person who refuses to perform certain act prohibited. 1. When the performing of an abortion on a human being or assisting thereat is contrary to the conscience or religious beliefs of any person, he may refuse to perform or assist in such abortion …

§ 79-j. Confidentiality of records in multi-state information system. 1. An ongoing research and demonstration project called the multi-state information system for psychiatric patients located at Rockland state hospital in Rockland county has been developed by a number of coope…

§ 79-k. Civil immunity for certain persons assisting in emergency situations. 1. Any person who voluntarily and without the expectation of monetary compensation provides assistance in the event of an accident or other emergency situation involving the use, handling, transportati…

§ 79-l. Confidentiality of records of genetic tests. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "genetic test" shall mean any laboratory test of human DNA, chromosomes, genes, or gene products to diagnose the presence of a genetic vari…

§ 79-m. Criminal interference with health care services, religious worship, funeral, burial or memorial service; injunction. Whenever the attorney general or district attorney of the county where the affected health care facility, place of religious worship, or site of a funeral…

* § 79-n. Bias-related violence or intimidation; civil remedy. 1. The following definitions are applicable to this section: (a) The term "disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity. (b) The term "age" means sixty years of ag…

* § 79-n. Funeral or bereavement leave. No employer who extends to its employees funeral or bereavement leave for the death of an employee's spouse or the child, parent or other relative of the spouse shall deny the same leave to an employee for the death of the employee's same-…

§ 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 caption…

* § 79-p. Recording certain activities. 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Officer" means any peace officer, police officer, security officer, security guard or similar official who is engaged in a law enforc…

* § 79-p. Gender neutral single-occupancy bathroom facilities. 1. All single-occupancy bathroom facilities located in public places, including but not limited to those located in restaurants, bars, mercantile establishments, or factories, shall be designated as gender neutral fo…

§ 79-q. Collection of gender or sex designation information by state agencies. 1. All New York state agencies that collect demographic information about a person's gender or sex shall make available to the person at the point of data collection an option to mark their gender or …

§ 8. Right of search and seizure. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrants can issue but upon probable cause supported by oath or affirmation, and particu…

§ 80-a. Causes of action for alienation of affections, criminal conversation, seduction and breach of contract to marry abolished. The rights of action to recover sums of money as damages for alienation of affections, criminal conversation, seduction, or breach of contract to ma…

§ 80-b. Nothing in this article contained shall be construed to bar a right of action for the recovery of a chattel, the return of money or securities, or the value thereof at the time of such transfer, or the rescission of a deed to real property when the sole consideration for…

§ 81. Commencement or threat of action unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person, either as a party or attorney, or in behalf of either, to file, serve or cause to be filed or served, or threaten to file, serve or cause to be filed or served, any process or pleading, in any …

§ 82. Causing payment, satisfaction, settlement or compromise unlawful; instruments void. Any contract or instrument executed after March twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred thirty-five, within this state in payment, satisfaction, settlement or compromise of any claim or cause of act…

§ 83. Penalties. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a felony which shall be punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for a term of not less than one year nor m…

§ 84. Construction; inconsistent laws. This article shall be liberally construed to effectuate its objects and purposes and the public policy of the state as hereby declared. If any part of this article, or its application to any persons or circumstances, is adjudged by a court …

§ 85. Action for deprivation of constitutional rights by government officials acting under color of law. 1. Liability. Any person who, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of the United States and of any state or territory or the District of C…

§ 86. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to…

§ 9. Freedom of elections. All elections ought to be free; and no person by force of arms, malice, menacing, or otherwise, should presume to disturb or hinder any citizen of this state in the free exercise of the right of suffrage.

§ 90. Legislative findings. No victim of domestic violence, or other person threatened with violence or in jeopardy of harm, should fail to access police or emergency assistance when needed because of the fear that doing so may result in losing their housing through eviction or …

§ 91. Right to call for police and emergency assistance; victim protections. 1. Any person who is a victim of domestic violence, as defined in section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the social services law, or who otherwise believes they are in need of police or emergency assistan…

§ 92. Protections not applicable to breaches of lease, illicit activities or other violations of law. The protections of this article shall not be deemed to prohibit a municipality from enforcing an ordinance or local law, nor restrict a landlord from terminating, evicting or re…

§ 93. Right of property owners to be free of penalty for respecting the rights of an occupant to request police or emergency assistance. No landlord or other property owner shall be subject to fines or loss of permits or licenses by a municipality for failing to penalize or take…

§ 94. Limitation on right to request police or emergency assistance prohibited. A municipality, municipal authority, landlord or property owner shall not prohibit, restrict, penalize or in any other way directly or indirectly limit any person's exercise of rights under this arti…

§ 95. Defenses. 1. It is a defense to any judicial or administrative action or proceeding taken by any municipality or municipal authority enforcing any local law or ordinance that the enforcement action directly or indirectly penalizes a residential occupant or property owner f…

§ 96. Removal of the perpetrator of violence while assuring continued occupancy by victim. Actions including termination, eviction or refusal to renew a leasehold interest or termination of any other form of lawful occupancy through a judicial proceeding may be carried out again…

§ 97. Remedies. Any person or entity aggrieved by a violation of the protections created by this article shall have the right to bring an action or special proceeding in a court of appropriate jurisdiction to seek damages and/or declaratory and injunctive relief or any other rem…

§ 98. Availability of remedies. Seeking legal remedies or relief under this article shall not diminish or impair the right of a person to seek or receive any other relief, remedy or benefit under any other applicable law or legal process.