Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits courts from reducing jury awards in employment discrimination cases except under exceptional circumstance in New York.

Highlights:

● Limits when judges can reduce or increase jury awards in employment discrimination cases and only allows changes in rare circumstances (Sec. 1–3).

● Requires courts to treat concluding jury decisions as correct unless, after reviewing the evidence in a way that favors the verdict, they find clear grounds to overturn it (Sec. 2–3).

● Prohibits judges from reducing awards based on past cases or personal opinions (Sec. 2–3).

● Specifies that this act will apply immediately to all cases that have not reached a verdict and any new claims being received (Sec. 4).

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