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BREEST v. HAGGIS

161137/17, 9783.

180 A.D.3d 83 (2019)

115 N.Y.S.3d 322

2019 NY Slip Op 09398

HALEIGH BREEST, Respondent, v. PAUL HAGGIS, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided December 26, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris, St. Laurent & Chaudhry LLP, New York City ( Priya Chaudhry and Joseph Gallagher of counsel), and Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, New York City ( Jeffrey Movit and Christine Lepera of counsel), for appellant.

Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, New York City ( Zoe Salzman , Jonathan S. Abady and Ilann M. Maazel of counsel), for respondent.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York City ( Yosef J. Riemer , Ashley S. Gregory and Joseph M. Sanderson of counsel), for Her Justice and others, amici curiae.

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York City ( Jennifer S. Recine , Daniel H. Lewkowicz and Natalie R. Birnbaum of counsel), for Professor Sally F. Goldfarb and others, amici curiae.

GESMER and KERN, JJ., concur with MOULTON, J.; TOM, J.P., concurs in a separate opinion.

OPINION OF THE COURT

The central question in this appeal is: what must a plaintiff allege in order to state a cause of action under New York City's Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law (Administrative Code of City of NY § 10-1101 et seq.)?

The New York City Council passed the Victims of Gender...

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