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A04884 Summary:

BILL NOA04884 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimone (MS)

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COSPNSRRosenthal, Otis, Glick, Colton, Bichotte Hermelyn, Weprin, Barrett, Seawright, Woerner

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MLTSPNSRCook, Hevesi, Lupardo, McDonough, Simon

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Add §223-c, Pub Hous L; add Art 7 §238-b, RP L

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Relates to discrimination against owners of specific breeds of dogs.

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BILL NOA04884 

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02/10/2025referred to housing

01/07/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4884

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE, ROSENTHAL, OTIS, GLICK, COLTON,
 BICHOTTE HERMELYN, WEPRIN, BARRETT, SEAWRIGHT, WOERNER -- Multi-Spon-
 sored by -- M. of A. COOK, HEVESI, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, SIMON -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Housing

 AN ACT to amend the public housing law and the real property law, in
 relation to discrimination against owners of specific breeds of dog

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

 1 Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
 2 223-c to read as follows:
 3 § 223-c. Discrimination against persons who own certain dogs. No
 4 person shall be denied occupancy in a dwelling in any project or be
 5 subjected to eviction from any such dwelling on the grounds that such
 6 person owns a dog of a specific breed, size, or weight and such dog
 7 resides with such person. Nothing in this section shall be construed to
 8 prohibit any authority from prescribing and enforcing reasonable
 9 restrictions or requirements on the ownership of dogs, regardless of
 10 their breed, size, or weight, or on the ownership of dangerous dogs as
 11 prescribed in section one hundred twenty-three of the agriculture and
 12 markets law.
 13 § 2. Article 7 of the real property law is amended by adding a new
 14 section 238-b to read as follows:
 15 § 238-b. Discrimination in leases with respect to certain dogs. No
 16 person, firm or corporation owning or having in charge any apartment
 17 house, tenement house or other building or mobile home park used for
 18 dwelling purposes shall restrict a tenant's ability to own a dog of a
 19 specific breed, size or weight. Nothing in this section shall be
 20 construed to prohibit such persons, firms or corporations from prescrib-
 21 ing and enforcing reasonable restrictions or requirements on the owner-
 22 ship of dogs, regardless of their breed, size or weight, or on the
 23 ownership of dangerous dogs as prescribed in section one hundred twen-
 24 ty-three of the agriculture and markets law.
 25 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08362-01-5

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