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CIVIL RIGHTS LAW Laws 1909, Chap. 14. AN ACT relating to civil rights, constituting chapter six of the consolidated laws. Became a law, February 17, 1909, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:…
ARTICLE 1 Short Title Section 1. Short title. 1-a. Definitions.
Section. 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Civil Rights Law."
§ 1-a. Definitions. The term "minor" or "infant", as used in this chapter, shall mean a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years.
ARTICLE 2 Bill of Rights Section 2. Supreme sovereignty in the people. 3. Levying taxes and charges. 4. Right to keep and bear arms. 5. Military service by citizens. 6. Exemption from military service. 7. Quartering soldiers. 8. Right of search and seizure. 9. Freedom of elections. 10. Justice to be administered withou…
§ 2. Supreme sovereignty in the people. No authority can, on any pretence whatsoever, be exercised over the citizens of this state, but such as is or shall be derived from and granted by the people of this state.
§ 3. Levying taxes and charges. No tax, duty, aid or imposition whatsoever, except such as may be laid by a law of the United States, can be taken or levied within this state, without the grant and assent of the people of this state, by their representatives in senate and assembly; and no citizen of this state can be b…
§ 4. Right to keep and bear arms. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms cannot be infringed.
§ 5. Military service by citizens. No citizen of this state can be constrained to arm himself, or to go out of this state, or to find soldiers or men of arms, either horsemen or footmen, without the grant and assent of the people of this state, by their representatives in senate and assembly, except in the cases specia…
§ 6. Exemption from military service. All such inhabitants of this state of any religious denomination whatever, as from scruples of conscience may be averse to bearing arms, are to be excused therefrom by paying to the state an equivalent in money; and the legislature is required to provide by law for the collection o…
§ 7. Quartering soldiers. No soldier can in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
§ 8. Right of search and seizure. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrants can issue but upon probable cause supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched…
§ 9. Freedom of elections. All elections ought to be free; and no person by force of arms, malice, menacing, or otherwise, should presume to disturb or hinder any citizen of this state in the free exercise of the right of suffrage.
§ 10. Justice to be administered without favor and speedily. Neither justice nor right should be sold to any person, nor denied, nor deferred; and writs and process ought to be granted freely and without delay, to all persons requiring the same, on payment of the fees established by law.
§ 11. Fines must be reasonable and imposed only for cause. No citizen of this state ought to be fined or amerced without reasonable cause, and such fine or amercement should always be proportioned to the nature of the offense.
§ 12. Rights of persons accused of crime. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused has a right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury, and is entitled to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him or her; and to have compulsory process for obtaini…
§ 13. Right to serve on juries. No citizen of the state possessing all other qualifications which are or may be required or prescribed by law, shall be disqualified to serve as a grand or petit juror in any court of this state on account of race, creed, color, national origin or sex, and any person charged with any dut…
§ 14. Jurors not to be questioned for verdicts. A juror shall not be questioned, and is not subject to an action, or other liability civil or criminal, for a verdict rendered by him, in an action in a court of record, or not of record, or in a special proceeding before an officer, except by indictment, for corrupt cond…
§ 15. Right of appeal not to be denied. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, a citizen shall not be deprived of the right to appeal to the legislature, or to any public officer, board, commission or other public body, for the redress of grievances, on account of employment in th…
ARTICLE 2-A Equal Rights To Publicly-Aided Housing Section 18-a. Findings and declarations of policy. 18-b. Definitions. 18-c. Discrimination prohibited. 18-d. Restraint of discrimination; damages for violations. 18-e. Applicability. 19-a. Prohibition against unreasonable withholding of consent. 19-b. Restraint of disc…
§ 18-a. Findings and declarations of policy. 1. This article shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the state for the protection of the welfare, health and peace of the people of this state and the fulfillment and enforcement of the provisions of the constitution of this state concerning civil rights. 2. Th…
§ 18-b. Definitions. When used in this article: 1. The term "person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy and receivers or other fiduciaries. 2. The term "housing accommodation" includes any building, structure, or portion th…
§ 18-c. Discrimination prohibited. It shall be unlawful: 1. For the owner of any publicly assisted housing accommodation to refuse to rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold from any person or group of persons such housing accommodation because of the race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry of such…
§ 18-d. Restraint of discrimination; damages for violations. 1. Any person aggrieved by a violation of section eighteen-c of this chapter and any person whose assessment shall amount to more than one thousand dollars and who shall be liable to pay taxes on such assessment in any county, town, village or municipal corpo…
§ 18-e. Applicability. The provisions of this section shall not apply to privately owned housing accommodations which are not publicly assisted within the meaning of section eighteen-b (3) of this chapter.