The New York City Human Rights Laws are some of the most powerful and comprehensive laws on civil rights and human rights in the entire country. These laws confer the following rights to its citizens:
• Supreme sovereignty to the people
• Right to bear and keep arms for self protection
• To demand and obtain justice administered speedily and without any bias or favor
• Fines to be reasonable and imposed only on strong cases
• Individual rights of persons that had been accused of any crime or crimes
• Right to serve as juries
• Jurors to be beyond questioning for declaring verdicts
• Right of appeal not to be denied to any citizen
• The right of no imprisonment in certain cases of non-payment of costs
• Right not to be arrested in any civil proceedings without supporting statutory provisions
• Exemption of arrest for witnesses
• Right to seek action against any officer or other authorities if an exempted person is arrested
• Equal rights to all citizens in places of public accommodations, amusement places, resorts, and other public assembly places
• Prohibition of inquiring into religions affiliations or faiths of persons who seek employment
• Discrimination or wrongful refusal in admission or ejection from public places
• Discrimination of any citizen by public utility companies
• Equal rights for all citizens to public-aided housing projects
• Prohibition of discrimination on any cause whatsoever
• Right to obtain restraint against discrimination and claim damages for violations
• Prohibition against withholding of consent without valid reasons
• Rights of individual privacy
• Right to demand action for injunction and damages when privacy is violated
• Code of adherence to fair procedure for all investigating agencies
• Special damages for slander of women
• Discrimination of persons refusing to perform prohibited acts
• Civil immunity to persons who assist in emergency situations
• Confidentiality of genetic test records
• Protection against criminal interference in religious worship, burial, funeral, or memorial services, and healthcare services
• Right of civil remedies for bias-related intimidation or violence
• Right to have bereavement or funeral leave
The above listed laws are just a few of the major sections in the New York City Human Rights Law. The civil rights and laws against discrimination cover nearly all types of transgressions on the basis of race, gender, creed, nationality, etc. When you become a victim of civil rights violations, you have every right to defend yourself and demand justice. The law will protect you completely and a powerful civil rights attorney like James LeBow will guide you in getting justice rendered against human rights violations or discriminatory treatments.