Bill Text: NY A02798 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows punitive damages to be awarded whenever a case of discrimination is established under the human rights law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to governmental operations [A02798 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02798-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2798
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. JACOBS, GANTT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         GOTTFRIED, HOOPER -- read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
         Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to permitting the award-
         ing of punitive damages in all cases of  discrimination,  rather  than
         only housing cases
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subparagraph (iv)  of  paragraph  c  of  subdivision  4  of
    2  section  297 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 166 of the laws
    3  of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (iv) awarding of punitive damages, [in cases of housing discrimination
    5  only,] in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars,  to  the  person
    6  aggrieved by such practice;
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04272-01-1