New York A 2624: Permits awarding of reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and exemplary damages in court actions for unlawful discriminatory practices pursuant to the human rights law

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A02624 Summary:

BILL NOA02624 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00349

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SPONSOROtis

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §86, Pub Off L

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Relates to expanding the definition of agency; includes entities created by an agency or that are governed by a board of directors or similar body a majority of which is designated by one or more state or local government officials in the definition of agency under the public officers law.

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BILL NOA02624 

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01/21/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2624

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to expanding the
 definition of agency

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 86 of the public officers law, as
 2 added by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
 3 3. "Agency" means any state or municipal department, board, bureau,
 4 division, commission, committee, public authority, public corporation,
 5 council, office or other governmental entity performing a governmental
 6 or proprietary function for the state or any one or more municipalities
 7 thereof, as well as entities created by an agency and that are governed
 8 by a board of directors or similar body a majority of which is desig-
 9 nated by one or more state or local government officials, except the
 10 judiciary or the state legislature.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 12 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01426-01-5

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