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    §  8-402  Civil action to eliminate unlawful discriminatory practices.
  a.  Whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a person or group
  of persons is engaged in a pattern  or  practice  that  results  in  the
  denial  to  any  person  of  the  full enjoyment of any right secured by
  chapter one of this title, a civil action on behalf of the commission or
  the city may be commenced in  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  by
  filing  a  complaint  setting  forth facts pertaining to such pattern or
  practice and requesting such relief as may be deemed necessary to insure
  the full enjoyment of the rights described in such  chapter,  including,
  but  not  limited  to,  injunctive  relief,  damages, including punitive
  damages, and such other types of relief as are specified in  subdivision
  a  of  section  8-120  of  this  title. Nothing in this section shall be
  construed to prohibit (i) an aggrieved person from  filing  a  complaint
  pursuant  to  section  8-109  of  chapter  one  of  this  title  or from
  commencing a civil action pursuant to chapter five of this  title  based
  upon  the  same  facts  pertaining  to such a pattern or practice as are
  alleged in the civil action,  or  (ii)  the  commission  from  filing  a
  commission-initiated  complaint pursuant to section 8-109 of chapter one
  of this title alleging a pattern or practice of discrimination, provided
  that a civil action pursuant to this section shall not  have  previously
  been commenced.
    b.  A  civil  action  commenced  under  this section must be commenced
  within three years after the alleged discriminatory practice occurred.
    c. Such action may be instituted only by the corporation counsel, such
  attorneys employed by  the  city  commission  on  human  rights  as  are
  designated by the corporation counsel or other persons designated by the
  corporation counsel.