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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1874
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 12, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. JEFFRIES, AUBRY, COLTON, COOK, TITUS, SCARBOR-
          OUGH, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED,  HEASTIE,
          MENG,  O'DONNELL,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  PERRY,  PHEFFER  --  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:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 755 of the correction law, as added by chapter  931
     2  of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 755. Enforcement. [1. In relation to actions by public agencies, the
     4  provisions  of this article shall be enforceable by a proceeding brought
     5  pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.
     6    2. In relation to actions by private employers, the] The provisions of
     7  this article shall be enforceable by the division of human rights pursu-
     8  ant to the powers and procedures set forth in  article  fifteen  of  the
     9  executive  law,  and,  concurrently,  by the New York city commission on

    10  human rights; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be  construed
    11  to  limit  the  right  of  a person to pursue any legal remedy available
    12  under article fifteen of the  executive  law  or  any  other  applicable
    13  provision of law.
    14    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    15  have become a law.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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