2022 New York Laws
CVR - Civil Rights
Article 7 - Miscellaneous Rights and Immunities
70-B - Unlawful Interference With Protected Rights.

§  70-b.  Unlawful  interference  with protected rights. 1. A claim of
unlawful interference with protected rights is  established  under  this
section.  Such  claim  shall  arise when a person demonstrates that they
exercised or attempted to  exercise,  or  facilitated  or  attempted  to
facilitate  the  exercise of a right protected under the constitution of
the state of New York and/or protected or permitted by the laws  of  the
state  of  New  York, to obtain or provide the medical care described in
subdivision  six  of  this  section,  and  such   exercise,   provision,
facilitation,  or  attempt  thereof  results  in  litigation or criminal
charges brought against that person in any court in the United States or
its territories.
  2. Such claim shall arise when  any  person  or  entity  commences  an
action  in any court, in the United States or any of its territories, in
which the allegations against the person,  whether  civil  or  criminal,
involve  accessing,  providing,  facilitating,  or attempting to access,
provide, or facilitate the medical care described in subdivision six  of
this section.
  3.  In  a  claim for unlawful interference with protected rights under
this section:
  (a) compensatory damages,  as  well  as  costs  and  attorneys'  fees,
including expert witness fees, shall be recoverable upon a demonstration
of unlawful interference; and
  (b) additional damages of up to three times the amount of compensatory
damages  shall  be recoverable upon an additional demonstration that the
action against the plaintiff was commenced or continued for the  purpose
of   harassing,   intimidating,   punishing   or  otherwise  maliciously
inhibiting the exercise of rights protected in New York,  including  but
not limited to the rights in subdivision six of this section.
  4.  Any action or proceeding brought pursuant to this section shall be
commenced no later than six years after the date on which the  violation
of this section is committed.
  5.  Nothing  in this section shall affect or preclude the right of any
party to any recovery otherwise authorized by common law, or by statute,
law or rule.
  6. Rights specifically protected  under  this  section  shall  include
lawfully provided medical care including but not limited to reproductive
and/or  endocrine  health care, and all medical, surgical, counseling or
referral services relating to the human reproductive  system,  including
but not limited to services relating to pregnancy, contraception, or the
termination of a pregnancy.
  7.  An action under this section shall be brought in the Supreme Court
of the state of New York.