2023 New York Laws › CVR - Civil Rights › Article 7 - Miscellaneous Rights and Immunities › 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 or perceived
homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality.
(d)  The  term  "gender"  means a person's actual or perceived sex and
shall include a person's gender identity or expression.
2. Any person who intentionally selects a person or property for  harm
or causes damage to the property of another or causes physical injury or
death  to another, or subjects a person to conduct that would constitute
harassment under section 240.25 of the penal law, or  summons  a  police
officer  or  peace  officer without reason to suspect a violation of the
penal law, any other criminal conduct, or an imminent threat to a person
or property, in whole or in substantial part  because  of  a  belief  or
perception regarding the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender,
religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a
person,  regardless  of  whether the belief or perception is correct, or
any person who aids or incites any such conduct, shall be liable,  in  a
civil  action  or  proceeding  maintained by such individual or group of
individuals, for injunctive relief, damages, or  any  other  appropriate
relief  in  law or equity. If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the
court or justice  that  the  respondent  has,  in  fact,  violated  this
section, an injunction may be issued by such court or justice, enjoining
and  restraining any further violation, without requiring proof that any
person has, in fact, been injured or damaged thereby. For  the  purposes
of this subdivision, a person lacks reason to suspect a violation of the
penal law, any other criminal conduct, or an imminent threat to a person
or  property where a reasonable person would not suspect such violation,
conduct, or threat.
3. In addition to the remedies in subdivision  two  of  this  section,
whenever  there shall be a violation of this section by any person or by
any firm, partnership, association, or corporation, an  application  may
be  made  by the attorney general in the name of the people of the state
of New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction for an  injunction
to  enjoin  and  restrain  the continuance of such activity, and to seek
damages, or any other appropriate relief in law or equity. In connection
with any such application, the attorney general is  authorized  to  take
proof  and  determine  the  relevant  facts  and  to  issue subpoenas in
accordance with the civil practice law and rules.
4. In any such action or proceeding, the court, in its discretion, may
allow the party commencing such action  or  proceeding,  if  such  party
prevails, reasonable attorneys' fees as part of the costs.
5.  In addition to the remedies provided in subdivisions two and three
of this section, a court may additionally impose a civil penalty of  not
more than five thousand dollars for each violation of this section.
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