A 1182 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to certain jury awards in employment discrimination actions

Summary

Provides that the court shall not reduce jury awards as excessive in employment discrimination actions unless the court finds exceptional circumstances which compel the conclusion that the jury was influenced by partiality, prejudice, mistake or corruption or that remittitur or additur is necessary to avoid a complete miscarriage of justice.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

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Governor

Introduced Jan 9, 2025 Last action May 11, 2026

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What changed between versions

A1182 → A1182A · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill updates the legislative metadata to reflect that the bill has been amended and re-referred to the Judiciary Committee. It also modifies the standard for reviewing jury awards in discrimination cases by changing the legal test from 'and' to 'or' when determining if an award should be reduced, and removes a reference to a specific section of the Civil Practice Law and Rules.

Scope change

The bill's substantive scope regarding discrimination law remains the same, but the criteria for courts to overturn jury awards in these cases have been slightly altered.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the legal standard for reducing jury awards in discrimination cases from requiring two conditions to be met simultaneously ('and') to requiring only one of two conditions to be met ('or').

Deleted a sentence that previously stated courts must not be bound by precedents regarding 'material deviation from what would be reasonable compensation.'

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill's title page to show it is an amended version (A 1182--A) and listed additional sponsoring legislators.

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Committee

Amendments

May 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 1182A

lower

May 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

lower

Jan 9, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

lower

1 primary · 14 co-sponsors