NYC Admin Code › Title 8: Civil Rights › Chapter 1: Commission on Human Rights
§ 8-130 Construction
a. The provisions of this title shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of the uniquely broad and remedial purposes thereof, regardless of whether federal or New York state civil and human rights laws, including those laws with provisions worded comparably to provisions of this title, have been so construed.
b. Exceptions to and exemptions from the provisions of this title shall be construed narrowly in order to maximize deterrence of discriminatory conduct.
c. Cases that have correctly understood and analyzed the liberal construction requirement of subdivision a of this section and that have developed legal doctrines accordingly that reflect the broad and remedial purposes of this title include Albunio v. City of New York, 16 N.Y.3d 472 (2011), Bennett v. Health Management Systems, Inc., 92 A.D.3d 29 (1st Dep't 2011), and the majority opinion in Williams v. New York City Housing Authority, 61 A.D.3d 62 (1st Dep't 2009).
- Source
- NYC Admin Code, as published by American Legal Publishing, the City's official publisher
- Last amended
- Effective March 28, 2016
- Checked
- Matched the official code on October 1, 2026
Amendment history
- (Am. L.L. 2016/035, 3/28/2016, eff. 3/28/2016)
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, L.L. 2005/085, and L.L. 2016/035.
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