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Senate Bill S9652

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to artist preferences in housing

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2025-S9652 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10479
Current Committee:
Senate Cities 1
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-107, NYC Ad Cd

2025-S9652 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to artist preferences in housing; provides that giving occupancy preference to individuals who are involved in artistic activities is not an unlawful discriminatory practice provided that such preference is implemented or authorized by an agency or the state of New York.

2025-S9652 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9652 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9652
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 31, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BOTTCHER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation to artist preferences in housing
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (n) of subdivision 5  of  section  8-107  of  the
 administrative  code  of  the  city of New York, as amended by local law
 number 40 of the city of New York for the year 2016, is amended to  read
 as follows:
   (n)  Discrimination  on  the basis of occupation prohibited in housing
 accommodations. (1) Where a housing accommodation or an interest therein
 is  sought  or  occupied  exclusively  for  residential  purposes,   the
 provisions  of this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit discrimi-
 nation on account of a person's occupation in:
   [(1)] (A) The sale, rental, or leasing of such  housing  accommodation
 or interest therein;
   [(2)]  (B) The terms, conditions and privileges of the sale, rental or
 leasing of such housing accommodation or interest therein;
   [(3)] (C) Furnishing facilities or services in  connection  therewith;
 and
   [(4)]  (D)  Representing  whether or not such housing accommodation or
 interest therein is available for sale, rental, or leasing.
   (2) NOTHING IN SUBPARAGRAPH  ONE  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  PROHIBIT
 GIVING  OCCUPANCY PREFERENCE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN ARTISTIC
 ACTIVITIES, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PREFERENCE IS IMPLEMENTED  OR  AUTHORIZED
 BY AN AGENCY OR THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14411-01-6

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