New York S 6684: Relates to permitting The Advocare Foundation, Ltd. to file an application for a real property tax exemption

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S06684 Summary:

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SPONSORCLEARE

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Amd §297, Exec L

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Preserves the right to a jury trial for actions commenced pursuant to a human rights law that include a demand for equitable relief.

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03/19/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6684

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to preserve the right to
 a jury trial for certain actions

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 297 of the executive law, as
 2 amended by chapter 140 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 9. Any person claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory
 5 practice shall have a cause of action in any court of appropriate juris-
 6 diction for damages, including, in cases of employment discrimination
 7 related to private employers and housing discrimination only, punitive
 8 damages, and such other remedies as may be appropriate, including any
 9 civil fines and penalties provided in subdivision four of this section,
 10 unless such person had filed a complaint hereunder or with any local
 11 commission on human rights, or with the superintendent pursuant to the
 12 provisions of section two hundred ninety-six-a of this article, provided
 13 that, where the division has dismissed such complaint on the grounds of
 14 administrative convenience, on the grounds of untimeliness, or on the
 15 grounds that the election of remedies is annulled, such person shall
 16 maintain all rights to bring suit as if no complaint had been filed with
 17 the division. At any time prior to a hearing before a hearing examiner,
 18 a person who has a complaint pending at the division may request that
 19 the division dismiss the complaint and annul [his or her] their election
 20 of remedies so that the human rights law claim may be pursued in court,
 21 and the division may, upon such request, dismiss the complaint on the
 22 grounds that such person's election of an administrative remedy is
 23 annulled. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of section two hundred four of
 24 the civil practice law and rules, if a complaint is so annulled by the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11084-01-5

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 1 division, upon the request of the party bringing such complaint before
 2 the division, such party's rights to bring such cause of action before a
 3 court of appropriate jurisdiction shall be limited by the statute of
 4 limitations in effect in such court at the time the complaint was
 5 initially filed with the division. Notwithstanding any other provision
 6 of law to the contrary, when a person commences an action pursuant to
 7 this subdivision or pursuant to a local human rights law, and such
 8 action includes a demand for equitable relief, such person shall never-
 9 theless retain the right to a jury trial. Any party to a housing
 10 discrimination complaint shall have the right within twenty days follow-
 11 ing a determination of probable cause pursuant to subdivision two of
 12 this section to elect to have an action commenced in a civil court, and
 13 an attorney representing the division of human rights will be appointed
 14 to present the complaint in court, or, with the consent of the division,
 15 the case may be presented by complainant's attorney. A complaint filed
 16 by the equal employment opportunity commission to comply with the
 17 requirements of 42 USC 2000e-5(c) and 42 USC 12117(a) and 29 USC 633(b)
 18 shall not constitute the filing of a complaint within the meaning of
 19 th