Section 300. Construction  


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  • The provisions of this article shall be construed
      liberally  for  the  accomplishment  of  the  purposes  thereof. Nothing
      contained in  this  article  shall  be  deemed  to  repeal  any  of  the
      provisions  of  the  civil  rights  law  or  any other law of this state
      relating to discrimination because of race,  creed,  color  or  national
      origin;  but,  as  to  acts  declared  unlawful  by  section two hundred
      ninety-six of this article, the procedure herein provided  shall,  while
      pending, be exclusive; and the final determination therein shall exclude
      any  other action, civil or criminal, based on the same grievance of the
      individual concerned. If such individual institutes any action based  on
      such  grievance  without  resorting  to  the  procedure provided in this
      article, he or she may not subsequently resort to the procedure herein.