US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    § 8-603 Discriminatory harassment; civil penalties. a. No person shall
  by  force  or threat of force, knowingly injure, intimidate or interfere
  with, oppress, or threaten any other person  in  the  free  exercise  or
  enjoyment  of  any  right  or  privilege  secured  to  him or her by the
  constitution or laws of this state or by the constitution or laws of the
  United  States  or  by  local  law  of  the  city  when   such   injury,
  intimidation,  interference,  oppression or threat is motivated in whole
  or in part by the victim's  actual  or  perceived  race,  creed,  color,
  national  origin,  gender,  sexual  orientation,  age,  marital  status,
  partnership status, disability or alienage  or  citizenship  status,  as
  defined in chapter one of this title.
    b.  No  person  shall  knowingly deface, damage or destroy the real or
  personal property of any person  for  the  purpose  of  intimidating  or
  interfering  with  the  free  exercise  or  enjoyment  of  any  right or
  privilege secured to the other person by the  constitution  or  laws  of
  this  state  or  by  the constitution or laws of the United States or by
  local law of the city when such defacement,  damage  or  destruction  of
  real  or  personal  property  is  motivated  in  whole or in part by the
  victim's actual  or  perceived  race,  creed,  color,  national  origin,
  gender,  sexual orientation, age, marital status, partnership status, or
  whether children are, may be, or would be  residing  with  such  victim,
  disability  or alienage or citizenship status, as defined in chapter one
  of this title.
    c. Any person who violates subdivision a or b of this section shall be
  liable for a civil penalty of not more than one hundred thousand dollars
  for each violation, which may be recovered by the corporation counsel in
  an action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction.