Bill Sponsors: NY A00642 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly
Bill Title: Permits awarding of reasonable attorneys' fees and costs and exemplary damages in court actions for unlawful discriminatory practices pursuant to the human rights law; provides incentive to the employer not to discriminate against the employee knowing there will be financial repercussions for their actions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A00642 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A00642 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Assemblymember Jeffrey Dinowitz [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | HD-081 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Brian Kavanagh [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-027 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Assemblymember Richard Gottfried [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | HD-075 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Assemblymember Earlene Hooper [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | HD-052 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |