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
§ 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
§ 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.