Bill Text: NY S06583 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to unlawfully summoning a police officer with intent to harm another; a civil action can be brought for such unlawful event.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CODES [S06583 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06583-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6583 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 17, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to unlawfully summon- ing a police officer with intent to harm another 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 77-a to read as follows: 3 § 77-a. Unlawful summoning of a police officer. 1. It is unlawful for 4 an individual to knowingly cause a police officer to arrive at a 5 location of another with the intent to: 6 (a) infringe on the other individual's rights under the state of New 7 York; 8 (b) unlawfully discriminate against such individual; 9 (c) cause the individual to feel harassed, humiliated or embarrassed; 10 (d) cause the individual to be expelled from a place in which such 11 individual is lawfully located; or 12 (e) damage the individual's: 13 (i) reputation or standing within the community; or 14 (ii) financial, economic, consumer or business prospects or interests. 15 2. Any individual who suffers harm from a violation of subdivision one 16 of this section shall have a civil cause of action in any court of 17 competent jurisdiction against the individual who violated such subdivi- 18 sion. 19 3. The defendant may be held liable to the plaintiff for the following 20 relief: 21 (a) the greater of: 22 (i) compensatory damages, including damages for intentional infliction 23 of emotional distress; or 24 (ii) two hundred fifty dollars against each defendant found liable 25 under this section; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13413-01-9S. 6583 2 1 (b) punitive damages; 2 (c) attorneys' fees and costs; and 3 (d) such other relief as a court may deem appropriate. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 5 have become a law.