91 – Right to Call for Police and Emergency Assistance; Victim Protections.
§ 91. Right to call for police and emergency assistance; victim protections. 1. Any person who is a victim of domestic violence, as defined in section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the social services law, or who otherwise believes they are in need of police or emergency assistance has the right to request such assistance and […]
92 – Protections Not Applicable to Breaches of Lease, Illicit Activities or Other Violations of Law.
§ 92. Protections not applicable to breaches of lease, illicit activities or other violations of law. The protections of this article shall not be deemed to prohibit a municipality from enforcing an ordinance or local law, nor restrict a landlord from terminating, evicting or refusing to renew a tenancy, when such action is premised upon […]
93 – Right of Property Owners to Be Free of Penalty for Respecting the Rights of an Occupant to Request Police or Emergency Assistance.
§ 93. Right of property owners to be free of penalty for respecting the rights of an occupant to request police or emergency assistance. No landlord or other property owner shall be subject to fines or loss of permits or licenses by a municipality for failing to penalize or take steps to remove an occupant […]
94 – Limitation on Right to Request Police or Emergency Assistance Prohibited.
§ 94. Limitation on right to request police or emergency assistance prohibited. A municipality, municipal authority, landlord or property owner shall not prohibit, restrict, penalize or in any other way directly or indirectly limit any person’s exercise of rights under this article and any such limitation shall be void as contrary to public policy. The […]
95 – Defenses.
§ 95. Defenses. 1. It is a defense to any judicial or administrative action or proceeding taken by any municipality or municipal authority enforcing any local law or ordinance that the enforcement action directly or indirectly penalizes a residential occupant or property owner for the exercise of rights under this article. Prior to initiation of […]
79-L – Confidentiality of Records of Genetic Tests.
§ 79-l. Confidentiality of records of genetic tests. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “genetic test” shall mean any laboratory test of human DNA, chromosomes, genes, or gene products to diagnose the presence of a genetic variation linked to a predisposition to a genetic disease or […]
79-M – Criminal Interference With Health Care Services, Religious Worship, Funeral, Burial or Memorial Service; Injuction.
§ 79-m. Criminal interference with health care services, religious worship, funeral, burial or memorial service; injunction. Whenever the attorney general or district attorney of the county where the affected health care facility, place of religious worship, or site of a funeral, burial or memorial service is located has reasonable cause to believe that any person […]
79-N – Bias-Related Violence or Intimidation; Civil Remedy.
* § 79-n. Bias-related violence or intimidation; civil remedy. 1. The following definitions are applicable to this section: (a) The term “disability” means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity. (b) The term “age” means sixty years of age or more. (c) The term “sexual orientation” means a person’s actual […]
79-N*2 – Funeral or Bereavement Leave.
* § 79-n. Funeral or bereavement leave. No employer who extends to its employees funeral or bereavement leave for the death of an employee’s spouse or the child, parent or other relative of the spouse shall deny the same leave to an employee for the death of the employee’s same-sex committed partner or the child, […]
79-O – Close Captioning in Places of Public Accomodation, Resort or Amusement.
§ 79-o. Closed captioning in places of public accommodation, resort or amusement. 1. A place of public accommodation, resort or amusement, as defined in subdivision nine of section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law, shall upon request be required to have closed captioning enabled on all televisions that are located in the public area […]