STATE OF NEW YORK
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7676
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 14, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- 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 in this section shall be
11 construed to limit the right of a person to pursue any legal remedy
12 available under article fifteen of the executive law or any other appli-
13 cable 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.
LBD05421-01-9
