N.Y. General Business Law § 1415: Additional rights

§ 1415. Additional rights. 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, any

provision of a contract purporting to waive rights under this article is

void as against public policy.

2. The provisions of this article supplement, and do not diminish or

replace, any other basis of liability or requirement established by

statute or common law.

3. Failure to comply with the provisions of this article does not

render any contract between a hiring party and a freelance worker void

or voidable or otherwise impair any obligation, claim or right related

to such contract or constitute a defense to any action or proceeding to

enforce, or for breach of, such contract.

4. No provision of this article relating to freelance workers shall be

construed as providing a determination about the legal classification of

any such worker as an employee or independent contractor.

5. The provisions of this article shall not be construed or

interpreted to override or supplant any of the provisions of chapter ten

of title twenty of the administrative code of the city of New York.