N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 91: Right to call for police and emergency assistance; victim protections

§ 91. Right to call for police and emergency assistance; victim

protections. 1. Any person who is a victim of domestic violence, as

defined in section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the social services law,

or who otherwise believes they are in need of police or emergency

assistance has the right to request such assistance and to be free of

any direct or indirect penalty or reprisal for accessing assistance, or

because they reside at a property where domestic violence or other law

enforcement or emergency response activity occurred. Other than as

provided in section ninety-two of this article, no victim of conduct

which has been used as the grounds for the application of a local law or

ordinance established for the purpose of regulating nuisances shall be

directly or indirectly penalized, or otherwise subject to reprisal by

application of such local law, including by termination or refusal to

renew a tenancy or by eviction. These protections shall also extend to

any residential occupant upon whose behalf a third party has called for

police or emergency assistance.

2. No residential occupant shall be required, either orally or in

writing, to waive rights under this article, and any such waiver shall

be void and unenforceable.