> I may very well have to file something on this soon.  New York actually
> allows people to file civil suits for this:
>
> http://www.nyc.gov/html/cchr/html/ch6.html#2
>
>       Chapter 6. Discriminatory Harassment
>
>       § 8-602 Civil Action to enjoin discriminatory harassment; equitable
> remedies.
>       (a) Whenever a person interferes by threats, intimidation or coercion
> or attempts to interfere by threats, intimidation or coercion with the
> exercise or enjoyment by any person of rights secured by the constitution or
> laws of the United States, the constitution or laws of this state, or local
> law of the city and such interference or attempted interference is motivated
> in whole or in part by the victim's actual or perceived race, creed, color,
> national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, whether children are, may
> or would be residing with such victim, marital status, partnership status,
> disability, or alienage or citizenship status as defined in chapter one of
> this title, the corporation counsel, at the request of the City Commission
> on Human Rights or on his or her own initiative, may bring a civil action on
> behalf of the city for injunctive and other appropriate equitable relief in
> order to protect the peaceable exercise or enjoyment of the rights secured.
>
>       (b) An action pursuant to subdivision (a) may be brought in any court
> of competent jurisdiction.
>
>       (c) Violation of an order issued pursuant to subdivision (a) of this
> section may be punished by a proceeding for contempt brought pursuant to
> article nineteen of the judiciary law and, in addition to any relief there
> under, a civil penalty may be imposed not exceeding ten thousand dollars for
> each day that the violation continues.
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>       § 8-603 Discriminatory harassment; civil penalties. (a) No Person
> shall by force or threat of force, knowingly injure, intimidate or interfere
> with, oppress, or threaten any other person in the free exercise or
> enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him or her by the
> constitution or laws of this state or by the constitution or laws of the
> United States or local law of the city when such injury, intimidation,
> oppression or threat is motivated in whole or in part by the victim's actual
> or perceived race, creed, color, national origin, gender, sexual
> orientation, age, marital status, partnership status, disability or alienage
> or citizenship status, as defined in chapter one of this title.
>
>       (b) No person shall knowingly deface, damage or destroy the real or
> personal property of any person for the purpose of intimidating or
> interfering with the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege
> secured to the other person by the constitution or laws of this state or by
> the constitution or laws of the United States or by local law of the city
> when such defacement, damage or destruction of real or personal property is
> motivated in whole or in part by the victim's actual or perceived race,
> creed, color, national origin, gender, sexual oration, age, marital status,
> partnership status, or whether children are may be, or would be residing
> with such victim, disability or alienage or citizenship status, as defined
> in chapter one of this title.
>
>       (c) Any person who violates subdivision (a) or (b) of this section
> shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than one hundred thousand
> dollars for each violation, which maybe recovered by the corporation counsel
> in an action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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>       § 8-604 Disposition of civil penalties. Any civil penalties recovered
> by the corporation counsel pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the
> general fund of the city.
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