N.Y. Civil Rights Law Section 79-M
Criminal interference with health care services, religious worship, funeral, burial or memorial service

  • injunction

Whenever the attorney general or district attorney of the county where the affected health care facility, place of religious worship, or site of a funeral, burial or memorial service is located has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of persons is being, has been, or may be injured by conduct constituting a violation of section 240.21, 240.70 or 240.71 of the penal law, the attorney general or district attorney may bring an action in the name of the people of the state of New York to permanently enjoin such violation. In such action preliminary and temporary relief may be granted under article sixty-three of the civil practice law and rules.

Source: Section 79-M — Criminal interference with health care services, religious worship, funeral, burial or memorial service; injunction, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/CVR/79-M (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

70
Vexatious suits
70–A
Actions involving public petition and participation
70–B
Unlawful interference with protected rights
71
Damages in action for suing in name of another
72
Term of imprisonment of civil prisoner
73
Code of fair procedure for investigating agencies
74
Privileges in action for libel
75
Defamation by radio or television
76
Action for libel: evidence, separate verdicts
76–A
Actions involving public petition and participation
77
Special damages in action for slander of a woman
78
Mitigating circumstances in action for libel or slander
79
Forfeiture of office and suspension of civil rights
79–A
Consequence of sentence to imprisonment for life
79–B
Forfeiture of property on conviction abolished
79–C
Convict protected by law
79–D
Creditor of convict
79–E
Right to breast feed
79–F
Liability for acts of persons assisting police officers
79–G
Filing of certificates of honorable discharge with county clerks
79–H
Special provisions relating to persons employed by, or connected with, news media
79–I
Discrimination against person who refuses to perform certain act prohibited
79–J
Confidentiality of records in multi-state information system
79–K
Civil immunity for certain persons assisting in emergency situations
79–L
Confidentiality of records of genetic tests
79–M
Criminal interference with health care services, religious worship, funeral, burial or memorial service
79–N
Bias-related violence or intimidation
79–N*2
Funeral or bereavement leave
79–O
Closed captioning in places of public accommodation, resort or amusement
79–P
Recording certain activities
79–P*2
Gender neutral single-occupancy bathroom facilities
79–Q
Collection of gender or sex designation information by state agencies

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 79-M’s source at nysenate​.gov

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