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Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1234 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 8, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, KRUEGER, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to allowing a private right of action for improper debt collection The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 602 of the general business law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. A debtor shall have a private right of action against any person or 4 persons in violation of this article. Such person or persons shall be 5 liable to the debtor for any actual damages the debtor sustained as a 6 result of the violation of this article, any punitive damages awarded by 7 the court, and reasonable attorney's fees. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 9 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03110-01-1