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KROHN v. NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEP'T, 22

Persons claiming gender-based employment discrimination cannot recover punitive damages pursuant to section 8-502 of the New York City Human Rights Law; that provision does not clearly, expressly and specifically waive the City's sovereign immunity from liability for such damages.

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  • Decided 05/04/2004
  • Published 05/04/2004

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