Bill Text: NY S08492 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to reporting a non-emergency incident involving a member of a protected class.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-12 - signed chap.93 [S08492 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S08492-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8492 IN SENATE June 5, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 reporting a none- mergency incident involving a member of a protected class The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 79-n of the civil rights law, as 2 added by chapter 227 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 3 2. Any person who intentionally selects a person or property for harm 4 or causes damage to the property of another or causes physical injury or 5 death to another or summons a police officer or peace officer without 6 reason to suspect a violation of the penal law, any other criminal 7 conduct, or an imminent threat to a person or property, in whole or in 8 substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding the race, 9 color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, 10 age, disability or sexual orientation of a person, regardless of whether 11 the belief or perception is correct, shall be liable, in a civil action 12 or proceeding maintained by such individual or group of individuals, for 13 injunctive relief, damages, or any other appropriate relief in law or 14 equity. If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court or justice 15 that the respondent has, in fact, violated this section, an injunction 16 may be issued by such court or justice, enjoining and restraining any 17 further violation, without requiring proof that any person has, in fact, 18 been injured or damaged thereby. For the purposes of this subdivision, a 19 person lacks reason to suspect a violation of the penal law, any other 20 criminal conduct, or an imminent threat to a person or property where a 21 reasonable person would not suspect such violation, conduct, or threat. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04520-10-0