Assembly Bill A9171

                             
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                                   9171
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 17, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the real property law, in relation
   to increasing transparency of source of income discrimination findings
   and rental application outcomes for voucher holders

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 297 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11.  (A)  THE  DIVISION  SHALL MAINTAIN THROUGH ITS WEBSITE A PUBLICLY
 ACCESSIBLE  ELECTRONIC  INTERFACE  THAT  REPORTS  FINDINGS  OF  UNLAWFUL
 DISCRIMINATORY  PRACTICES  RELATING  TO  LAWFUL  SOURCES OF INCOME. SUCH
 REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW:
   (I) THE NAME OF EACH RESPONDENT FOUND  LIABLE  FOR  SOURCE  OF  INCOME
 DISCRIMINATION UNDER THIS ARTICLE;
   (II) THE DATE OF THE FINAL DETERMINATION OR ORDER;
   (III) THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF THE HOUSING AT ISSUE; AND
   (IV)  THE  AMOUNT OF ANY MONETARY PENALTY OR OTHER RELIEF IMPOSED AS A
 RESULT OF SUCH FINDING.
   (B) THE DIVISION SHALL UPDATE THE INFORMATION UNDER PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION  NO  LESS  THAN  QUARTERLY  AND MAY REDACT IDENTIFYING
 DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINANTS AS NECESSARY TO PROTECT PRIVACY.
   § 2. The real property law is amended by adding a new section 235-k to
 read as follows:
   § 235-K. REPORTING ON RENTAL APPLICATIONS BY SUBSIDY HOLDERS. 1.   ANY
 LANDLORD  WHO OWNS OR OPERATES MORE THAN SIX RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS IN
 THE STATE SHALL, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, REPORT TO THE DIVISION  OF  HOUSING
 AND  COMMUNITY  RENEWAL  THE  FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN A FORM AND MANNER
 PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER:
   (A) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RENTAL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED DURING THE  PRIOR
 CALENDAR YEAR;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (B)  THE  NUMBER OF SUCH APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY INDIVIDUALS USING A
 RENTAL SUBSIDY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A SECTION 8  VOUCHER,  CITY
 FAMILY HOMELESSNESS AND EVICTION PREVENTION SUPPLEMENT, FAMILY HOMELESS-
 NESS  AND  EVICTION PREVENTION SUPPLEMENT, STATE FAMILY HOMELESSNESS AND
 EVICTION  PREVENTION  SUPPLEMENT, OR OTHER RENTAL SUBSIDY UNDER A RECOG-
 NIZED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM;
   (C) THE NUMBER OF SUCH SUBSIDY-HOLDER APPLICANTS WHO  WERE  OFFERED  A
 LEASE OR TENANCY; AND
   (D)  THE  NUMBER  OF  SUCH  APPLICANTS  WHO WERE DENIED HOUSING, AND A
 BRIEF, NON-IDENTIFYING EXPLANATION OF THE REASON FOR SUCH DENIAL, TO THE
 EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW.
   2. THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL MAKE SUCH  DATA
 PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE  IN AN AGGREGATED AND ANONYMIZED FORM, DISAGGREGATED
 BY ZIP CODE, PROPERTY OWNER, AND BUILDING WHERE FEASIBLE.
   3. THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL MAY PROMULGATE  RULES
 AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.