Assembly Bill A5300

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   5300
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to  the  manner  through
   which enforcement proceedings are brought
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 755 of the correction law, as added by chapter  931
 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
   § 755. Enforcement. [1. In relation to actions by public agencies, the
 provisions  of this article shall be enforceable by a proceeding brought
 pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.
   2. In relation to actions by private employers, the] THE provisions of
 this article shall be enforceable by the division of human rights pursu-
 ant to the powers and procedures set forth in  article  fifteen  of  the
 executive  law,  and,  concurrently,  by the New York city commission on
 human rights; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE
 CONSTRUED  TO  LIMIT  THE  RIGHT  OF A PERSON TO PURSUE ANY LEGAL REMEDY
 AVAILABLE UNDER ARTICLE FIFTEEN OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW OR ANY OTHER APPLI-
 CABLE PROVISION OF LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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