Source: https://opdv.ny.gov/law/summ_year/sum14.html
Timestamp: 2019-02-22 12:35:40
Document Index: 290223294

Matched Legal Cases: ['§121', '§447', '§170', '§720', '§60', '§296']

2014 New York State Domestic Violence and Related Laws - NYS OPDV
2014 New York State Domestic Violence and Related Laws
Family Court Judges - A.10139 Weinstein/S.7883 Bonacic
Increases the number of Family Court judges in various counties in the state. Nine new Family Court judges will be added in NYC by January 1, 2015. A new judge will be added to the following counties by January 1, 2015, after November 2014 elections: Albany, Broome, Chautauqua, Franklin, Nassau, Oneida, Oswego, Schenectady, Suffolk, Ulster and Westchester. A new judge will be added to five additional counties by January 1, 2016, after November 2015 elections: Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Monroe and Warren.
Signed: June 26, 2014 Chapter 44
Amends: Family Court Act §§121, 131(u) and (v)
Sexual Exploitation – Sixteen/Seventeen-year-olds - A.8749-A Paulin/S.6804 Lanza
Provides alternatives for criminal courts to handle cases where a person aged sixteen or seventeen has been charged with prostitution or loitering for the purposes of prostitution. The charge may be conditionally converted to a PINS proceeding, the person may be referred to services and the charge subsequently dismissed if the youth participates in the services or the charge may proceed as a criminal case which may lead to conviction by plea or verdict. If convicted, the court must grant the person youthful offender status. The law also provides for the sealing of records. Any sixteen or seventeen year old charged with prostitution or loitering for purposes of prostitution must be deemed a sexually exploited child, entitled to services available under the Safe Harbour Law - SSL §447-A(1).
Signed: October 16, 2014 Chapter 402
Amends: Criminal Procedure Law §§170.30, 170.80, 720.15, 720.35, adds §720.25; Penal Law §60.02
Extension of Referee/JHO Authority and Homeowner Foreclosure Protections - A.9354 Weinstein/S.7119 Klein
Extends until 2016 the authority granted referees and Judicial Hearing Officers to hear ex-parte applications for orders of protection or orders where the respondent has defaulted. Also extends for five years the requirement of lenders to provide homeowners notice of foreclosure and provide settlement conferences to resolve financial issues to facilitate owners retaining their homes.
Signed: June 16, 2014 Chapter 29
Amends: multiple sections of unconsolidated law
Civil Rights Protections for Interns - A.8201-A O’Donnell/S.5951-A Krueger
Adds a new section to the NYS Human Rights Law titled, "Unlawful discriminatory practices relating to interns." Provides for the same protections afforded other specified classes and creates a new section prohibiting sexual harassment of interns by employers, codifying both the quid pro quo and hostile environment tests.
Signed: July 22, 2014 Chapter 97
Amends: Executive Law to add a new §296-c
Persistent Sexual Abuse - A.2711 Simotas/S.612 Gianaris
Signed: August 1, 2014 Chapter 192
Allows a social worker/informal caregiver to be present and support a vulnerable elderly person during grand jury proceedings.
Signed: September 4, 2014 Chapter 347