NYC Admin Code › Title 8: Civil Rights › Chapter 1: Commission on Human Rights
§ 8-112 Withdrawal of complaints
a. A complaint filed pursuant to section 8-109 of this chapter may be withdrawn by the complainant in accordance with rules of the commission at any time prior to the service of a notice that the complaint has been referred to an administrative law judge. Such a withdrawal shall be in writing and signed by the complainant.
b. A complaint may be withdrawn after the service of such notice at the discretion of the commission.
c. Unless such complaint is withdrawn pursuant to a conciliation agreement, the withdrawal of a complaint shall be without prejudice:
1. To the continued prosecution of the complaint by the commission in accordance with rules of the commission;
2. To the initiation of a complaint by the commission based in whole or in part upon the same facts; or
3. To the commencement of a civil action by the corporation counsel based upon the same facts pursuant to chapter 4 of this title.
- Source
- NYC Admin Code, as published by American Legal Publishing, the City's official publisher
- Last amended
- Effective October 16, 2018
- Checked
- Matched the official code on October 1, 2026
Amendment history
- (Am. L.L. 2018/063, 1/19/2018, eff. 10/16/2018)
Publisher's notes
Added by the publisher for reference. Not part of the law.
- Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1991/039.
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