Title CVR, Civil Rights

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

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

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

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

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

§ 79-f. Liability for acts of persons assisting police officers. 1.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, general or special\nor local, the state shall save harmless and protect any person who, upon\nbeing lawfully commanded, renders assistance to a police officer…

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

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

§ 79-i. Discrimination against person who refuses to perform certain\nact prohibited. 1. When the performing of an abortion on a human being\nor assisting thereat is contrary to the conscience or religious beliefs\nof any person, he may refuse to perform or assist in such aborti…

§ 79-j. Confidentiality of records in multi-state information system.\n1. An ongoing research and demonstration project called the multi-state\ninformation system for psychiatric patients located at Rockland state\nhospital in Rockland county has been developed by a number of\nc…

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

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

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

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

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

§ 79-o. Closed captioning in places of public accommodation, resort or\namusement. 1. A place of public accommodation, resort or amusement, as\ndefined in subdivision nine of section two hundred ninety-two of the\nexecutive law, shall upon request be required to have closed capt…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 83. Penalties. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this\narticle shall be guilty of a felony which shall be punishable by a fine\nof not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand\ndollars, or by imprisonment for a term of not less than one year no…

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

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

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

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

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

§ 91. Right to call for police and emergency assistance; victim\nprotections. 1. Any person who is a victim of domestic violence, as\ndefined in section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the social services law,\nor who otherwise believes they are in need of police or emergency\nassi…

§ 92. Protections not applicable to breaches of lease, illicit\nactivities or other violations of law. The protections of this article\nshall not be deemed to prohibit a municipality from enforcing an\nordinance or local law, nor restrict a landlord from terminating,\nevicting o…

§ 93. Right of property owners to be free of penalty for respecting\nthe rights of an occupant to request police or emergency assistance. No\nlandlord or other property owner shall be subject to fines or loss of\npermits or licenses by a municipality for failing to penalize or t…

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

§ 95. Defenses. 1. It is a defense to any judicial or administrative\naction or proceeding taken by any municipality or municipal authority\nenforcing any local law or ordinance that the enforcement action\ndirectly or indirectly penalizes a residential occupant or property\nown…

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

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

§ 98. Availability of remedies. Seeking legal remedies or relief under\nthis article shall not diminish or impair the right of a person to seek\nor receive any other relief, remedy or benefit under any other\napplicable law or legal process.\n