N.Y. CVR Law § 91
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Right to call for police and emergency assistance; victim protections
Official statutory text
§ 91. Right to call for police and emergency assistance; victim\nprotections. 1. Any person who is a victim of domestic violence, as\ndefined in section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the social services law,\nor who otherwise believes they are in need of police or emergency\nassistance has the right to request such assistance and to be free of\nany direct or indirect penalty or reprisal for accessing assistance, or\nbecause they reside at a property where domestic violence or other law\nenforcement or emergency response activity occurred. Other than as\nprovided in section ninety-two of this article, no victim of conduct\nwhich has been used as the grounds for the application of a local law or\nordinance established for the purpose of regulating nuisances shall be\ndirectly or indirectly penalized, or otherwise subject to reprisal by\napplication of such local law, including by termination or refusal to\nrenew a tenancy or by eviction. These protections shall also extend to\nany residential occupant upon whose behalf a third party has called for\npolice or emergency assistance.\n 2. No residential occupant shall be required, either orally or in\nwriting, to waive rights under this article, and any such waiver shall\nbe void and unenforceable.\n
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