Assembly Bill A1126

2013-2014 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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2013-A1126 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1800
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง296, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8605, S4463
2015-2016: A613, S3560
2017-2018: A3827, S240
2019-2020: A728, S4465
2021-2022: A462
2023-2024: A3984

2013-A1126 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2013-A1126 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1126

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

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:

  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.
  S  2.  Subdivision 3-b of section 296 of the executive law, as amended
by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, 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, sexual orientation,
military status, sex, disability, PAST, ONGOING OR CURRENT LANDLORD-TEN-
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.
              

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