Bill Text: NY S00870 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes a private right of action for owners and tenants of residential premises against persons video taping recreational activities in the backyard of such premises.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-16 - SIGNED CHAP.169 [S00870 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S00870-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 870--A Cal. No. 1380 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 5, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to establishing private right of action for unwarranted video imaging of residential premises The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 2 52-a to read as follows: 3 § 52-a. Private right of action for unwarranted video imaging of resi- 4 dential premises. 1. Any owner or tenant of residential real property 5 shall have a private right of action for damages against any person who 6 installs or affixes a video imaging device on property adjoining such 7 residential real property for the purpose of video taping or taking 8 moving digital images of the recreational activities which occur in the 9 backyard of the residential real property without the written consent 10 thereto of such owner and/or tenant with intent to harass, annoy or 11 alarm another person, or with intent to threaten the person or property 12 of another person. The provisions of this section shall not apply to 13 any law enforcement personnel engaged in the conduct of their authorized 14 duties. 15 2. For the purposes of this section, "backyard" shall mean that 16 portion of the parcel on which residential real property is located 17 which extends beyond the rear footprint of the residential dwelling 18 situated thereon, and to the side and rear boundaries of such parcel 19 extending beyond the rear footprint of such residential dwelling. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 21 have become a law, and shall apply to acts occurring on or after such 22 date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01758-05-7
