Assembly Bill A10077

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to discrimination based upon the income of persons

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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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2017-A10077 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8606
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§292 & 296, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A5891, S3303

2017-A10077 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to discrimination based upon the income of persons; defines source of income; establishes unlawful discriminatory practices based on source of income.

2017-A10077 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10077
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 14, 2018
                                ___________
 
 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 discrimination based
   upon the income of persons
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 292 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 35 to read as follows:
   35.  THE  TERM  "SOURCE  OF  INCOME"  SHALL INCLUDE: WAGES FROM LAWFUL
 EMPLOYMENT;  CHILD  SUPPORT;  ALIMONY;  FOSTER  CARE  SUBSIDIES;  INCOME
 DERIVED  FROM  SOCIAL  SECURITY,  OR ANY FORM OF FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL
 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; HOUSING AND RENTAL SUBSIDIES AND ASSISTANCE,  INCLUD-
 ING  SECTION 8 VOUCHERS; SAVINGS, INVESTMENT AND TRUST ACCOUNTS; AND ANY
 OTHER FORMS OF LAWFUL INCOME.
   § 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, SOURCE OF INCOME, or disability or marital  status
 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, SOURCE OF INCOME, or disability or marital status,
 or  that  the patronage or custom thereat of any person of or purporting
 to be of any particular race,  creed,  color,  national  origin,  sexual
 orientation,  military  status, SOURCE OF INCOME, sex or marital status,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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