Chapter 6 - DISCRIMINATORY HARASSMENT OR VIOLENCE

Section 8-602

Section 8-602

  §  8-602 Civil action to enjoin discriminatory harassment or violence;
equitable  remedies.  a.  Whenever  a  person  interferes  by   threats,
intimidation   or   coercion   or  attempts  to  interfere  by  threats,
intimidation or coercion with the exercise or enjoyment by any person of
rights secured by the constitution or laws of  the  United  States,  the
constitution  or  laws  of this state, or local law of the city and such
interference or attempted interference is motivated in whole or in  part
by the victim's actual or perceived race, creed, color, national origin,
gender,  sexual  orientation, age, whether children are, may or would be
residing  with  such  victim,  marital   status,   partnership   status,
disability,  or alienage or citizenship status as defined in chapter one
of this title, the corporation counsel,  at  the  request  of  the  city
commission  on human rights or on his or her own initiative, may bring a
civil action on behalf of the city for injunctive and other  appropriate
equitable relief in order to protect the peaceable exercise or enjoyment
of the rights secured.
  b.  An action pursuant to subdivision a may be brought in any court of
competent jurisdiction.
  c. Violation of an order issued pursuant  to  subdivision  a  of  this
section may be punished by a proceeding for contempt brought pursuant to
article  nineteen  of  the  judiciary law and, in addition to any relief
thereunder, a civil penalty may be imposed not  exceeding  ten  thousand
dollars for each day that the violation continues.

Section 8-603

Section 8-603

  § 8-603 Discriminatory harassment; civil penalties. a. No person shall
by  force  or threat of force, knowingly injure, intimidate or interfere
with, oppress, or threaten any other person  in  the  free  exercise  or
enjoyment  of  any  right  or  privilege  secured  to  him or her by the
constitution or laws of this state or by the constitution or laws of the
United  States  or  by  local  law  of  the  city  when   such   injury,
intimidation,  interference,  oppression or threat is motivated in whole
or in part by the victim's  actual  or  perceived  race,  creed,  color,
national  origin,  gender,  sexual  orientation,  age,  marital  status,
partnership status, disability or alienage  or  citizenship  status,  as
defined in chapter one of this title.
  b.  No  person  shall  knowingly deface, damage or destroy the real or
personal property of any person  for  the  purpose  of  intimidating  or
interfering  with  the  free  exercise  or  enjoyment  of  any  right or
privilege secured to the other person by the  constitution  or  laws  of
this  state  or  by  the constitution or laws of the United States or by
local law of the city when such defacement,  damage  or  destruction  of
real  or  personal  property  is  motivated  in  whole or in part by the
victim's actual  or  perceived  race,  creed,  color,  national  origin,
gender,  sexual orientation, age, marital status, partnership status, or
whether children are, may be, or would be  residing  with  such  victim,
disability  or alienage or citizenship status, as defined in chapter one
of this title.
  c. Any person who violates subdivision a or b of this section shall be
liable for a civil penalty of not more than one hundred thousand dollars
for each violation, which may be recovered by the corporation counsel in
an action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Section 8-604

Section 8-604

  §  8-604 Disposition of civil penalties. Any civil penalties recovered
by the corporation counsel pursuant to this chapter shall be  paid  into
the general fund of the city.