Assembly Bill A3984

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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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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2023-A3984 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §296, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8605
2013-2014: A1126
2015-2016: A613
2017-2018: A3827
2019-2020: A728
2021-2022: A462

2023-A3984 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-A3984 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3984
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, HEVESI, GLICK, COLTON --
   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:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  296  of the executive law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
   (A-1) IT SHALL BE AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE FOR  THE  OWNER,
 LESSEE,  SUBLESSEE,  ASSIGNEE,  OR  MANAGING  AGENT OF PUBLICLY-ASSISTED
 HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS OR  OTHER PERSON HAVING THE RIGHT OF OWNERSHIP OR
 POSSESSION OF OR THE RIGHT TO RENT OR  LEASE    SUCH  ACCOMMODATIONS  TO
 REFUSE  TO SELL, RENT OR LEASE OR OTHERWISE DENY OR TO WITHHOLD FROM ANY
 PERSON OR GROUP OF PERSONS SUCH A HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION  ON  THE  BASIS
 THAT  SUCH  PERSON OR GROUP OF PERSONS WERE INVOLVED IN PAST, ONGOING OR
 CURRENT LANDLORD-TENANT ACTION  OR  SUMMARY  PROCEEDING  EMANATING  FROM
 ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW, EXCEPT WHERE THE TENANT OR GROUP
 OF TENANTS HAVE NOT SATISFIED THE ORDER.
   § 2. Subdivision 3-b of section 296 of the executive law, as separate-
 ly  amended  by  chapters 202 and 748 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 read as follows:
   3-b. It shall be an unlawful  discriminatory  practice  for  any  real
 estate  broker,  real estate salesperson or employee or agent thereof or
 any other individual, corporation, partnership or organization  for  the
 purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which any such person
 or any of its stockholders or members may benefit financially, to repre-
 sent  that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the composition
 with respect to race, creed,  color,  national  origin,  citizenship  or
 immigration  status,  sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
 military status, sex, disability,  PAST, ONGOING  OR  CURRENT  LANDLORD-
 TENANT  ACTION OR SUMMARY PROCEEDING EMANATING FROM ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE
 REAL PROPERTY LAW, marital  status,  status  as  a  victim  of  domestic
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08806-01-3
              

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