A00997 Summary:
BILL NO | A00997 |
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SAME AS | No same as |
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SPONSOR | Peoples-Stokes |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd S297, Exec L | |
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Authorizes the institution of a suit in any court of competent jurisdiction alleging a violation of the human rights law for a period of three years after the dismissal of a complaint for administrative convenience by the division of human rights. |
A00997 Actions:
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01/05/2011 | referred to governmental operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/04/2012 | referred to governmental operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/14/2012 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/16/2012 | advanced to third reading cal.339 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/08/2012 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/08/2012 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/08/2012 | REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
A00997 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Clark
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Amedore
Yes
Colton
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Linares
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Sayward
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Conte
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lopez PD
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Scarborough
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cook
Yes
Graf
Yes
Lopez VJ
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Corwin
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Losquadro
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Hanna
ER
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Barron
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magee
Yes
Peoples Stokes
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Curran
Yes
Heastie
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Maisel
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Smardz
Yes
Boyland
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stevenson
Yes
Boyle
Yes
DenDekker
ER
Hooper
Yes
Markey
Yes
Ra
Yes
Sweeney
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jacobs
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Rabbitt
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Tenney
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Englebright
ER
Jeffries
Yes
McEneny
Yes
Ramos
ER
Thiele
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Espinal
Yes
Johns
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Reilich
Yes
Titone
Yes
Brook Krasny
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Jordan
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Titus
Yes
Burling
Yes
Finch
Yes
Katz
ER
Meng
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Tobacco
Yes
Butler
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kavanagh
No
Miller D
Yes
Rivera N
Yes
Walter
Yes
Cahill
No
Friend
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Miller JM
Yes
Rivera PM
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Calhoun
Yes
Gabryszak
Yes
Kellner
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Roberts
Yes
Weisenberg
Yes
Camara
Yes
Galef
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Millman
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Canestrari
Yes
Gantt
ER
Lancman
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Wright
Yes
Castelli
Yes
Gibson
Yes
Latimer
Yes
Morelle
ER
Rosenthal
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Castro
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A00997 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 997 2011-2012 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to institution of court actions under section 297 thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 297 of the executive law, as 2 amended by section 16 of part D of chapter 405 of the laws of 1999, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 9. Any person claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory 5 practice shall have a cause of action in any court of appropriate juris- 6 diction for damages, including, in cases of housing discrimination only, 7 punitive damages, and such other remedies as may be appropriate, includ- 8 ing any civil fines and penalties provided in subdivision four of this 9 section, unless such person had filed a complaint [hereunder] pursuant 10 to this section or with any local commission on human rights, or with 11 the superintendent pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred 12 ninety-six-a of this [chapter,] article; provided that, where the divi- 13 sion has dismissed such complaint on the grounds of administrative 14 convenience, on the grounds of untimeliness, or on the grounds that the 15 election of remedies is annulled, such person shall maintain all rights 16 to bring suit as if no complaint had been filed with the division and 17 may bring such suit within three years after any such dismissal for 18 administrative convenience. At any time prior to a hearing before a 19 hearing examiner, a person who has a complaint pending at the division 20 may request that the division dismiss the complaint and annul his or her 21 election of remedies so that the human rights law claim may be pursued 22 in court, and the division may, upon such request, dismiss the complaint 23 on the grounds that such person's election of an administrative remedy 24 is annulled. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of section two hundred four EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04725-01-1A. 997 2 1 of the civil practice law and rules, if a complaint is so annulled by 2 the division, upon the request of the party bringing such complaint 3 before the division, such party's rights to bring such cause of action 4 before a court of appropriate jurisdiction shall be limited by the stat- 5 ute of limitations in effect in such court at the time the complaint was 6 initially filed with the division. Any party to a housing discrimination 7 complaint shall have the right, within twenty days following a determi- 8 nation of probable cause pursuant to subdivision two of this section, to 9 elect to have an action commenced in a civil court, and an attorney 10 representing the division of human rights [will] shall be appointed to 11 present the complaint in court[,] or, with the consent of the division, 12 the case may be presented by complainant's attorney. A complaint filed 13 by the equal employment opportunity commission to comply with the 14 requirements of 42 USC 2000e-5(c) and 42 USC 12117(a) and 29 USC 633(b) 15 shall not constitute the filing of a complaint within the meaning of 16 this subdivision. No person who has initiated any action in a court of 17 competent jurisdiction or who has an action pending before any adminis- 18 trative agency under any other law of the state based upon an act which 19 would be an unlawful discriminatory practice under this article[,] may 20 file a complaint with respect to the same grievance under this section 21 or under section two hundred ninety-six-a of this article. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.