Title CVR, Civil Rights

§ 47-b. Miscellaneous provisions. 1. Persons with a disability\naccompanied by guide dogs, hearing dogs or service dogs shall be\nguaranteed the right to have such dogs in their immediate custody while\nexercising any of the rights and privileges set forth in this article,\nprov…

§ 47-c. Penalties. 1. Any person or legal entity, public or private,\nviolating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a violation.\n 2. Any person or legal entity, public or private, violating section\nforty-seven and/or subdivision one or two of section forty-seven-b…

§ 48. Definitions. As used in this article, the term "unique genetic\ndisorder" shall mean and be limited to sickle cell trait, carriers of\nTay-sachs disease or carriers of Cooley's anemia.\n

§ 48-a. Employment of persons with certain genetic disorders. Unless\nit can be clearly shown that a person's unique genetic disorder would\nprevent such person from performing the particular job, no person who is\notherwise qualified shall be denied equal opportunities to obtai…

§ 48-b. Penalties. Any person or legal entity, public or private, who\nor which violates any provision of section forty-eight-a of this article\nshall be guilty of a violation.\n

§ 5. Military service by citizens. No citizen of this state can be\nconstrained to arm himself, or to go out of this state, or to find\nsoldiers or men of arms, either horsemen or footmen, without the grant\nand assent of the people of this state, by their representatives in\nse…

§ 50. Right of privacy. A person, firm or corporation that uses for\nadvertising purposes, or for the purposes of trade, the name, portrait,\npicture, likeness, or voice of any living person without having first\nobtained the written consent of such person, or if a minor of such…

§ 50-b. Right of privacy; victims of sex offenses or offenses\ninvolving the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus. 1. The\nidentity of any victim of a sex offense, as defined in article one\nhundred thirty or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law, or\nof …

§ 50-c. Private right of action. If the identity of the victim of an\noffense defined in subdivision one of section fifty-b of this article is\ndisclosed in violation of such section, any person injured by such\ndisclosure may bring an action to recover damages suffered by reaso…

§ 50-d. Personnel records of court officers. 1. As used in this\nsection, "personnel records of court officers" means all personnel\nrecords of court officers as defined in paragraph a of subdivision\ntwenty-one of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, used to\nevaluate pe…

§ 50-e. Personnel records of bridge and tunnel officers, sergeants and\nlieutenants. 1. As used in this section, "personnel records of bridge\nand tunnel officers, sergeants and lieutenants" means all personnel\nrecords of bridge and tunnel officers, sergeants and lieutenants as…

§ 50-f. Right of publicity. 1. For purposes of this section:\n a. "deceased performer" means a deceased personality domiciled in this\nstate at the time of death who, for gain or livelihood, was regularly\nengaged in acting, singing, dancing, or playing a musical instrument.\n b…

§ 50-g. Disclosure of convictions sealed pursuant to section 160.57 of\nthe criminal procedure law. 1. Any person who has had a conviction\nsealed pursuant to section 160.57 of the criminal procedure law may\nbring a cause of action for damages against a party who, without conse…

§ 51. Action for injunction and for damages. Any person whose name,\nportrait, picture, likeness or voice is used within this state for\nadvertising purposes or for the purposes of trade without the written\nconsent first obtained as above provided may maintain an equitable\nact…

§ 52. Televising, broadcasting or taking motion pictures of certain\nproceedings prohibited. No person, firm, association or corporation\nshall televise, broadcast, take motion pictures or arrange for the\ntelevising, broadcasting, or taking of motion pictures within this state\…

§ 52-a. Private right of action for unwarranted video imaging of\nresidential premises. 1. Any owner or tenant of residential real\nproperty shall have a private right of action for damages against any\nperson who installs or affixes a video imaging device on property\nadjoining…

§ 52-b. Private right of action for unlawful dissemination or\npublication of an intimate image. 1. Any person depicted in a still or\nvideo image, including an image created or altered by digitization,\nregardless of whether or not the original still or video image was\nconsens…

* § 52-c. Private right of action for unlawful dissemination or\npublication of a sexually explicit depiction of an individual. 1. For\nthe purposes of this section:\n a. "depicted individual" means an individual who appears, as a result\nof digitization, to be giving a performa…

*§ 52-c. Employers engaged in electronic monitoring; prior notice\nrequired. 1. For purposes of this section, employer means any\nindividual, corporation, partnership, firm, or association with a place\nof business in the state. It shall not include the state or any\npolitical s…

§ 52-d. Private right of action for unlawful dissemination or\npublication of a personal image. 1. Any crime victim depicted in a still\nor video image which was unlawfully disseminated as provided in section\n250.71 of the penal law shall have a cause of action against such\nin…

§ 53. Copies of documents and statements to be filed. Every existing\nmembership corporation, and every existing unincorporated association\nhaving a membership of twenty or more persons, which corporation or\nassociation requires an oath as a prerequisite or condition of\nmembe…

§ 54. Resolutions concerning political matters. Every such corporation\nor association shall, within ten days after the adoption thereof, file\nin the office of the secretary of state every resolution, or the minutes\nof any action of such corporation or association, providing f…

§ 55. Anonymous communications prohibited. It shall be unlawful for\nany such corporation or association to send, deliver, mail or transmit\nto any person in this state who is not a member of such corporation or\nassociation any anonymous letter, document, leaflet or other writt…

§ 56. Offenses; penalties. Any corporation or association violating\nany provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor\npunishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than\nten thousand dollars. Any officer of such corporation or association\nan…

§ 57. Additional penalties. In addition to the penalties provided by\nsection fifty-six of this article, a violation of the provisions of this\narticle may be restrained at the suit of the people by the\nattorney-general.\n

§ 6. Exemption from military service. All such inhabitants of this\nstate of any religious denomination whatever, as from scruples of\nconscience may be averse to bearing arms, are to be excused therefrom by\npaying to the state an equivalent in money; and the legislature is\nre…

§ 60. Petition for change of name. 1. A petition for leave to assume\nanother name may be made by a resident of the state to the county court\nof the county or the supreme court in the county in which the petitioner\nresides, or, if the petitioner resides in the city of New York…

§ 61. Contents. 1. The petition shall be in writing, signed by the\npetitioner and verified in like manner as a pleading in a court of\nrecord, and shall specify the grounds of the application, the name, date\nof birth, place of birth, age and residence of the individual whose n…

§ 62. Notice. 1. If the petition be to change the name of an infant,\nnotice of the time and place when and where the petition will be\npresented must be served, in like manner as a notice of a motion upon an\nattorney in an action, upon (a) both parents of the infant, if they b…

§ 63. Order. If the court to which the petition is presented is\nsatisfied thereby, or by the affidavit and certificate presented\ntherewith, that the petition is true, and that there is no reasonable\nobjection to the change of name proposed, and if the petition be to\nchange t…

§ 64. Effect. 1. If the order is entered, the petitioner shall be\nknown by the name which is thereby authorized to be assumed. If the\nsurname of a parent be changed as provided in this article, any minor\nchild of such parent at the time of such change may thereafter assume\ns…

§ 64-a. Sealing name change papers. 1. If the court shall find that\nopen record of an applicant's change of name would jeopardize such\napplicant's personal safety, based on totality of the circumstances, the\ncourt shall, at the request of the applicant or sua sponte, order th…

§ 65. Optional change of name upon marriage, divorce or annulment. 1.\nAny person may, upon marriage, elect to assume a new name according to\nthe provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section fifteen of\nthe domestic relations law.\n 2. Any person may, upon divorce …

§ 67. Petition for change of sex designation. 1. A petition for leave\nto change sex designation may be made by a resident of the state to the\ncounty court of the county or the supreme court in the county in which\nsuch resident resides, or, if such resident resides in the city…

§ 67-a. Order. If the court to which the petition is presented is\nsatisfied thereby, or by the affidavit and certificate presented\ntherewith, that the petition is true, and that there is no reasonable\nobjection to the change of sex designation proposed, and if the petition\ni…

§ 67-b. Sealing change of sex designation papers. 1. Upon request of\nthe applicant or sua sponte, the court shall order the records of such\nchange of sex designation proceeding to be sealed, to be opened only by\norder of the court for good cause shown or at the request of the…

§ 7. Quartering soldiers. No soldier can in time of peace be quartered\nin any house, without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but\nin a manner to be prescribed by law.\n

§ 70. Vexatious suits. If a person vexatiously or maliciously, in the\nname of another but without the latter's consent, or in the name of an\nunknown person, commences or continues, or causes to be commenced or\ncontinued, an action or special proceeding, in a court, of record …

§ 70-a. Actions involving public petition and participation; recovery\nof damages. 1. A defendant in an action involving public petition and\nparticipation, as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section\nseventy-six-a of this article, may maintain an action, claim, c…

§ 70-b. Unlawful interference with protected rights. 1. For the\npurposes of this section, the term "legally protected health activity"\nshall have the same meaning as defined by section 570.17 of the criminal\nprocedure law.\n 2. A claim of unlawful interference with protected …

§ 71. Damages in action for suing in name of another. In an action,\nbrought by the adverse party, as prescribed in the last section, the\nplaintiff, if he recovers final judgment, is entitled to recover treble\ndamages. In an action, brought by the person whose name was used, a…

§ 72. Term of imprisonment of civil prisoner. No person shall be\nimprisoned within the prison walls of any jail for a longer period than\nthree months under an execution or any other mandate against the person\nto enforce the recovery of a sum of money less than five hundred do…

§ 73. Code of fair procedure for investigating agencies. 1. As used in\nthis section the following terms shall mean and include:\n (a) "Agency". A standing or select committee of either house of the\nlegislature or a joint committee of both houses; a duly authorized\nsubcommitte…

§ 74. Privileges in action for libel. A civil action cannot be\nmaintained against any person, firm or corporation, for the publication\nof a fair and true report of any judicial proceeding, legislative\nproceeding or other official proceeding, or for any heading of the\nreport …

§ 75. Defamation by radio or television. 1. The owner, licensee or\noperator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of\nstations, and the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or\noperator, shall not be liable for any damages for any defamatory\nsta…

§ 76. Action for libel: evidence, separate verdicts. At the trial of\nany civil action for libel, the defendant may prove, for consideration\nby the jury in fixing the amount of the verdict, that the plaintiff has\nalready recovered damages, or has received, or agreed to receive…

§ 76-a. Actions involving public petition and participation; when\nactual malice to be proven. 1. For purposes of this section:\n (a) An "action involving public petition and participation" is a claim\nbased upon:\n (1) any communication in a place open to the public or a public…

§ 77. Special damages in action for slander of a woman. In an action\nof slander of a woman imputing unchastity to her, it is not necessary to\nallege or prove special damages.\n

§ 78. Mitigating circumstances in action for libel or slander. In an\naction for libel or slander the defendant may prove mitigating\ncircumstances, including the sources of his information and the grounds\nfor his belief, whether or not he has pleaded or attempted to prove any\…

§ 79. Forfeiture of office and suspension of civil rights. 1. Except\nas provided in subdivision two a sentence of imprisonment in a state\ncorrectional institution for any term less than for life or a sentence\nof imprisonment in a state correctional institution for an indeterm…