Bill Text: NY A00728 | 2019-2020 | 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 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to housing [A00728 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  L. ROSENTHAL,  GOTTFRIED,  HEVESI, DINOWITZ,
          COLTON, CYMBROWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, PERRY  --
          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    § 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
    24  real property law, marital status, or familial status of the  owners  or
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  occupants  in the block, neighborhood or area in which the real property
     2  is located, and to represent, directly or indirectly, that  this  change
     3  will  or  may result in undesirable consequences in the block, neighbor-
     4  hood  or  area  in which the real property is located, including but not
     5  limited to the lowering of property values, an increase in  criminal  or
     6  anti-social  behavior,  or  a decline in the quality of schools or other
     7  facilities.
     8    § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 296  of  the  executive
     9  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 1-a to read as follows:
    10    (1-a)  It  shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
    11  lessee, sublessee, assignee, or managing agent of, or any  other  person
    12  having  the  right  to  sell,  rent  or  lease  a housing accommodation,
    13  constructed or to be constructed, or any agent or employee  thereof,  to
    14  refuse  to sell, rent or lease or otherwise deny or to withhold from any
    15  person or group of persons such a housing  accommodation  on  the  basis
    16  that  such  person or group of persons were involved in past, ongoing or
    17  current landlord-tenant action  or  summary  proceeding  emanating  from
    18  article  seven  of  the  real property law,   except where the tenant or
    19  group of tenants have not satisfied the order.
    20    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.