Bill Text: NY A01126 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits landlords from refusing to deal with certain people solely because those people were involved in prior summary proceedings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to housing [A01126 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A01126-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1126
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED, HEVESI, DINOWITZ, COLTON,
         MAISEL, CYMBROWITZ, BOYLAND, CAMARA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.
         ARROYO,  BRENNAN, CLARK, SCARBOROUGH, SCHIMEL, WEISENBERG -- read once
         and referred to the Committee on Housing
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to a tenant blacklist
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  296  of the executive law is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
    3    (A-1) IT SHALL BE AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE FOR  THE  OWNER,
    4  LESSEE,  SUBLESSEE,  ASSIGNEE,  OR  MANAGING  AGENT OF PUBLICLY-ASSISTED
    5  HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS OR  OTHER PERSON HAVING THE RIGHT OF OWNERSHIP OR
    6  POSSESSION OF OR THE RIGHT TO RENT OR  LEASE    SUCH  ACCOMMODATIONS  TO
    7  REFUSE  TO SELL, RENT OR LEASE OR OTHERWISE DENY OR TO WITHHOLD FROM ANY
    8  PERSON OR GROUP OF PERSONS SUCH A HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION  ON  THE  BASIS
    9  THAT  SUCH  PERSON OR GROUP OF PERSONS WERE INVOLVED IN PAST, ONGOING OR
   10  CURRENT LANDLORD-TENANT ACTION  OR  SUMMARY  PROCEEDING  EMANATING  FROM
   11  ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW, EXCEPT WHERE THE TENANT OR GROUP
   12  OF TENANTS HAVE NOT SATISFIED THE ORDER.
   13    S  2.  Subdivision 3-b of section 296 of the executive law, as amended
   14  by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   15    3-b. It shall be an unlawful  discriminatory  practice  for  any  real
   16  estate  broker,  real estate salesperson or employee or agent thereof or
   17  any other individual, corporation, partnership or organization  for  the
   18  purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which any such person
   19  or any of its stockholders or members may benefit financially, to repre-
   20  sent  that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the composition
   21  with respect to race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,
   22  military status, sex, disability, PAST, ONGOING OR CURRENT LANDLORD-TEN-
   23  ANT ACTION OR SUMMARY PROCEEDING EMANATING FROM  ARTICLE  SEVEN  OF  THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05193-01-3
       A. 1126                             2
    1  REAL  PROPERTY  LAW, marital status, or familial status of the owners or
    2  occupants in the block, neighborhood or area in which the real  property
    3  is  located,  and to represent, directly or indirectly, that this change
    4  will  or  may result in undesirable consequences in the block, neighbor-
    5  hood or area in which the real property is located,  including  but  not
    6  limited  to  the lowering of property values, an increase in criminal or
    7  anti-social behavior, or a decline in the quality of  schools  or  other
    8  facilities.
    9    S  3.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 5 of section 296 of the executive
   10  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 1-a to read as follows:
   11    (1-A) IT SHALL BE AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE FOR  THE  OWNER,
   12  LESSEE,  SUBLESSEE,  ASSIGNEE, OR MANAGING AGENT OF, OR ANY OTHER PERSON
   13  HAVING THE RIGHT  TO  SELL,  RENT  OR  LEASE  A  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION,
   14  CONSTRUCTED  OR  TO BE CONSTRUCTED, OR ANY AGENT OR EMPLOYEE THEREOF, TO
   15  REFUSE TO SELL, RENT OR LEASE OR OTHERWISE DENY OR TO WITHHOLD FROM  ANY
   16  PERSON  OR  GROUP  OF  PERSONS SUCH A HOUSING ACCOMMODATION ON THE BASIS
   17  THAT SUCH PERSON OR GROUP OF PERSONS WERE INVOLVED IN PAST,  ONGOING  OR
   18  CURRENT  LANDLORD-TENANT  ACTION  OR  SUMMARY  PROCEEDING EMANATING FROM
   19  ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW,   EXCEPT  WHERE  THE  TENANT  OR
   20  GROUP OF TENANTS HAVE NOT SATISFIED THE ORDER.
   21    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.