82 – Causing Payment, Satisfaction, Settlement or Compromise Unlawful; Instruments Void.
§ 82. Causing payment, satisfaction, settlement or compromise unlawful; instruments void. Any contract or instrument executed after March twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred thirty-five, within this state in payment, satisfaction, settlement or compromise of any claim or cause of action abolished by this article, whether such claim or cause of action arose within or without this state, […]
83 – Penalties.
§ 83. Penalties. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a felony which shall be punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for a term of not less than one year nor more than […]
84 – Construction; Inconsistent Laws.
§ 84. Construction; inconsistent laws. This article shall be liberally construed to effectuate its objects and purposes and the public policy of the state as hereby declared. If any part of this article, or its application to any persons or circumstances, is adjudged by a court to be invalid or ineffectual, such judgment shall not […]
90 – Legislative Findings.
§ 90. Legislative findings. No victim of domestic violence, or other person threatened with violence or in jeopardy of harm, should fail to access police or emergency assistance when needed because of the fear that doing so may result in losing their housing through eviction or other actions to remove them from the property. Some […]
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 […]
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 […]