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A01695 Summary:

BILL NOA01695 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §297, Exec L

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Authorizes the awarding of punitive damages to persons aggrieved by sexual harassment.

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BILL NOA01695 

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01/14/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1695

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the awarding of puni-
 tive damages to persons aggrieved by sexual harassment

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 4 and subdivision 9 of section
 2 297 of the executive law, paragraph c of subdivision 4 as amended by
 3 chapter 160 of the laws of 2019 and subdivision 9 as amended by chapter
 4 140 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
 5 c. Within one hundred eighty days after the commencement of such hear-
 6 ing, a determination shall be made and an order served as hereinafter
 7 provided. If, upon all the evidence at the hearing, the commissioner
 8 shall find that a respondent has engaged in any unlawful discriminatory
 9 practice as defined in this article, the commissioner shall state find-
 10 ings of fact and shall issue and cause to be served on such respondent
 11 an order, based on such findings and setting them forth, and including
 12 such of the following provisions as in the judgment of the division will
 13 effectuate the purposes of this article: (i) requiring such respondent
 14 to cease and desist from such unlawful discriminatory practice; (ii)
 15 requiring such respondent to take such affirmative action, including
 16 (but not limited to) hiring, reinstatement or upgrading of employees,
 17 with or without back pay, restoration to membership in any respondent
 18 labor organization, admission to or participation in a guidance program,
 19 apprenticeship training program, on-the-job training program or other
 20 occupational training or retraining program, the extension of full,
 21 equal and unsegregated accommodations, advantages, facilities and privi-
 22 leges to all persons, granting the credit which was the subject of any
 23 complaint, evaluating applicants for membership in a place of accommo-
 24 dation without discrimination based on race, creed, color, national
 25 origin, sex, disability or marital status, and without retaliation or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04053-01-5

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 1 discrimination based on opposition to practices forbidden by this arti-
 2 cle or filing a complaint, testifying or assisting in any proceeding
 3 under this article; (iii) awarding of compensatory damages to the person
 4 aggrieved by such practice; (iv) awarding of punitive damages, in cases
 5 of employment discrimination related to private employers, and, in cases
 6 of housing discrimination, with damages in housing discrimination cases
 7 in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars, to the person aggrieved
 8 by such practice; (v) requiring payment to the state of profits obtained
 9 by a respondent through the commission of unlawful discriminatory acts
 10 described in subdivision three-b of section two hundred ninety-six of
 11 this article; [and] (vi) assessing civil fines and penalties, in an
 12 amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, to be paid to the state by
 13 a respondent found to have committed an unlawful discriminatory act, or
 14 not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars to be paid to the state by a
 15 respondent found to have committed an unlawful discriminatory act which
 16 is found to be willful, wanton or malicious; (vii) requiring a report of
 17 the manner of compliance; and (viii) awarding of punitive damages, in
 18 cases of sexual harassment only,