Assembly Bill A5891

2019-2020 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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2019-A5891 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3303
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§292 & 296, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A10077, S8606

2019-A5891 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-A5891 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5891
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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 36 to read as follows:
   36.  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 8 of the laws of 2019, 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,
 gender identity or expression, military status, sex, SOURCE  OF  INCOME,
 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,  gender  identity  or expression, military

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

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