New York S 7183: Increases the penalties for certain unlawful discriminatory practices based on the lawful source of income of the victim

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S07183 Summary:

BILL NOS07183 

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SPONSORCLEARE

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Amd §297, Exec L

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Increases the penalties for housing related unlawful discriminatory practices based on the lawful source of income of the victim where the respondent receives federal, state or local tax benefits for the housing accommodation at issue.

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04/03/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7183

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to increasing the penal-
 ties for certain unlawful discriminatory practices based on the lawful
 source of income of the victim

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 297 of the executive law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
 3 f. Any monetary damages or fines awarded or assessed pursuant to para-
 4 graph c of this subdivision shall be doubled where a respondent is found
 5 to have engaged in an unlawful discriminatory practice defined in subdi-
 6 visions two-a or five of section two hundred ninety-six of this article
 7 which is based on the lawful source of income of the victim of such
 8 unlawful discriminatory practice, and such respondent receives federal,
 9 state or local tax benefits for the housing accommodation at issue in
 10 the complaint.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11520-01-5

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