N.Y. CVR Law § 94
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Limitation on right to request police or emergency assistance prohibited
Official statutory text
§ 94. Limitation on right to request police or emergency assistance\nprohibited. A municipality, municipal authority, landlord or property\nowner shall not prohibit, restrict, penalize or in any other way\ndirectly or indirectly limit any person's exercise of rights under this\narticle and any such limitation shall be void as contrary to public\npolicy. The protections of this prohibition shall extend to any\nresidential occupant upon whose behalf a third party has called for\npolice or emergency assistance.\n
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