Bill Text: NY A01047 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes the time period during which to file a claim for sexual harassment against the state in cases when a complaint was filed with a state or local agency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to judiciary [A01047 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01047-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1047

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI,  SIMON, REYES, BRAUNSTEIN, ROZIC,
          SAYEGH, CRUZ, GLICK, DINOWITZ, STECK, FALL -- read once  and  referred
          to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the court of claims act, in relation to establishing the
          time period during which to file a claim for sexual harassment against
          the  state  in  cases when a complaint was filed with a state or local
          agency

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

     1    Section  1. Section 10 of the court of claims act is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
     3    4-a. If the claimant filed a complaint with any state or local  agency
     4  alleging  unlawful  discriminatory practices constituting sexual harass-
     5  ment, a claim shall be filed and served upon the attorney general within
     6  six months of the final adjudication or dismissal of  the  complaint  by
     7  the state or local agency.
     8    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
     9  cases alleging unlawful  discriminatory  practices  constituting  sexual
    10  harassment  occurring  on and after such effective date. Effective imme-
    11  diately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation
    12  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
    13  authorized to be made on or before such date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00991-01-3
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