N.Y. Labor Law § 862-e: Retaliation

§ 862-e. Retaliation. 1. It is a violation of this article for an

employer or any agent of any employer, to retaliate through discharge or

in any other manner against any person in the terms of conditions of his

or her employment for exercising any rights granted under this article

for:

(a) making, or threatening to make, a complaint to an employer,

co-worker or to a public body that rights guaranteed under this article

have been violated;

(b) causing to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this

article; or

(c) providing information to, or testifying before, any public body

conducting an investigation, hearing or inquiry into any such violation

of a law, rule or regulation by such employer. Nothing in this section

shall limit the commissioner's authority under section two hundred

fifteen of this chapter, or any other statute.

2. Any act of retaliation under this section shall subject an employer

to the civil penalties under section eight hundred sixty-two-d of this

article, or to a private cause of action, or both.