399-E*2 - Actions.

* § 399-e. Actions. No person, firm, corporation, partnership or other  association  may deny credit, reduce the credit limit, or raise the cost  of credit of a consumer, solely because such consumer  is  a  victim  of  identity theft, if the person denying, reducing, or raising the cost of,  the  credit  has  prior  knowledge  that  the  consumer  was a victim of  identity theft. Actions  taken  by  a  creditor  to  assist  a  consumer  regarding his or her credit report, credit score or credit history or to  limit  credit  or  financial  losses  to  the  consumer,  including  the  cancellation, monitoring or restructuring of consumer  credit  accounts,  shall not be considered violations of this section. For purposes of this  section, a person is the victim of identity theft if he or she possesses  a  valid  police  report  alleging  that  he  or she is the victim of an  identity theft crime, including, but not  limited  to,  a  violation  of  section 190.78, 190.79, 190.80, 190.82 or 190.83 of the penal law.    * NB There are 2 § 399-e's