Bill Text: NY A08241 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A08241 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A08241-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8241 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 10, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations 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 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 § 2. Subdivision 3-b of section 296 of the executive law, as amended 14 by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, 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 gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disability, past, 23 ongoing or current landlord-tenant action or summary proceeding emanat- 24 ing from article seven of the real property law, marital status, or 25 familial status of the owners or occupants in the block, neighborhood or 26 area in which the real property is located, and to represent, directly EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13014-01-9A. 8241 2 1 or indirectly, that this change will or may result in undesirable conse- 2 quences in the block, neighborhood or area in which the real property is 3 located, including but not limited to the lowering of property values, 4 an increase in criminal or anti-social behavior, or a decline in the 5 quality of schools or other facilities. 6 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 296 of the executive 7 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 1-a to read as follows: 8 (1-a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner, 9 lessee, sublessee, assignee, or managing agent of, or any other person 10 having the right to sell, rent or lease a housing accommodation, 11 constructed or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof, to 12 refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise deny or withhold from any 13 person or group of persons such a housing accommodation on the basis 14 that such person or group of persons were involved in past, ongoing or 15 current landlord-tenant action or summary proceeding emanating from 16 article seven of the real property law, except where the tenant or 17 group of tenants have not satisfied the order. 18 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
