Assembly Bill A5387

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to preventing housing discrimination against victims of domestic violence; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A5387 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld & add §292 sub 34, amd §296, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9020
2011-2012: A3448, A9024, A10289
2015-2016: A5879, A6354

2013-A5387 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prevents housing discrimination against victims of domestic violence.

2013-A5387 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5387

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 25, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced   by   M.   of   A.  ENGLEBRIGHT,  BRONSON,  JAFFEE,  JACOBS,
  PEOPLES-STOKES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. RYAN -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  preventing  housing
  discrimination  against  victims  of  domestic violence; and to repeal
  certain provisions of such law relating thereto

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  34  of  section  292 of the executive law is
REPEALED and a new subdivision 34 is added to read as follows:
  34. THE TERM "VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING
AS IS ASCRIBED TO SUCH TERM BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-A OF  THE
SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
  S  2.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2 of section 296 of the executive
law, as amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  (a)  It  shall  be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person,
being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent,  agent  or
employee  of  any  place  of  public accommodation, resort or amusement,
because of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual  orientation,
military status, sex, [or] disability [or], marital status, OR STATUS AS
A  VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE of any person, directly or indirectly, to
refuse, withhold from or deny to such person any of the  accommodations,
advantages, facilities or privileges thereof, including the extension of
credit,  or,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  publish,  circulate, issue,
display, post or mail any written or printed  communication,  notice  or
advertisement, to the effect that any of the accommodations, advantages,
facilities  and  privileges of any such place shall be refused, withheld
from or denied to any person on account of race, creed, color,  national
origin,  sexual orientation, military status, sex, [or] disability [or],
marital status, OR STATUS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, or that  the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09165-01-3
              

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