Senate Bill S6157

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing that there is no exemption from the requirement of nondiscrimination in advertisements and inquiries for the rental of certain apartments

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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-S6157 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9526
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §296, Exec L

2019-S6157 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing that there is no exemption from the requirement of nondiscrimination in advertisements and inquiries for the rental of certain apartments.

2019-S6157 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6157 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6157
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. LIU -- (at request of the Division of Human Rights)
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing  that  there
   is  no  exemption  from the requirement of nondiscrimination in adver-
   tisements and inquiries for the rental of an apartment in an owner-oc-
   cupied two-unit dwelling, or for the rental of rooms in an owner-occu-
   pied dwelling, and that  engaging  in  discriminatory  advertising  or
   inquiries  will  cause  the  property to no longer be exempt from full
   coverage by the nondiscrimination provisions of the human rights law
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The closing paragraph of subparagraph 3 of paragraph (a) of
 subdivision 5 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by chapter
 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (4)  (I) The provisions OF SUBPARAGRAPHS ONE AND TWO of this paragraph
 [(a)] shall not apply [(1)] to the rental of a housing accommodation  in
 a  building  which contains housing accommodations for not more than two
 families living independently of each other, if the owner resides in one
 of such housing accommodations[, (2) to the restriction of the rental of
 all rooms in a housing accommodation to individuals of the same  sex  or
 (3) to the rental of a room or rooms in a housing accommodation, if such
 rental  is  by the occupant of the housing accommodation or by the owner
 of the housing accommodation and  the  owner  resides  in  such  housing
 accommodation  or  (4) solely with respect to age and familial status to
 the restriction of the sale, rental or lease of  housing  accommodations
 exclusively to persons sixty-two years of age or older and the spouse of
 any  such  person, or for housing intended and operated for occupancy by
 at least one person fifty-five years of age or older per unit. In deter-
 mining whether housing is intended and operated for occupancy by persons
 fifty-five years of age or older, Sec. 807(b) (2) (c)  (42  U.S.C.  3607

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

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