New York A 8532: Prevents discrimination based on wage history, medical history, and health conditions

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A08532 Summary:

BILL NOA08532 

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SPONSORRaga

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Amd §§296, 291, 295 & 296-a, Exec L; amd §40-c, Civ Rts L

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Prevents housing discrimination based on wage history, medical history, and health conditions.

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BILL NOA08532 

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05/20/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8532

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the civil rights law, in relation
 to preventing housing discrimination based on wage history, medical
 history, and health conditions

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (c-1) of subdivision 2-a of
 2 section 296 of the executive law, as separately amended by chapters 202
 3 and 748 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or with-
 5 hold from any person or group of persons such housing accommodations
 6 because of the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, citizen-
 7 ship or immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or
 8 expression, military status, age, sex, marital status, status as a
 9 victim of domestic violence, lawful source of income, wage history,
 10 medical history, health conditions, or familial status of such person or
 11 persons, or to represent that any housing accommodation or land is not
 12 available for inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so
 13 available.
 14 (b) To discriminate against any person because of [his or her] such
 15 person's race, creed, color, disability, national origin, citizenship or
 16 immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
 17 military status, age, sex, marital status, status as a victim of domes-
 18 tic violence, lawful source of income, wage history, medical history,
 19 health conditions, or familial status in the terms, conditions or privi-
 20 leges of any publicly-assisted housing accommodations or in the furnish-
 21 ing of facilities or services in connection therewith.
 22 (c) To cause to be made any written or oral inquiry or record concern-
 23 ing the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, citizenship or
 24 immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05442-01-5

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 1 membership in the reserve armed forces of the United States or in the
 2 organized militia of the state, age, sex, marital status, status as a
 3 victim of domestic violence, lawful source of income, wage history,
 4 medical history, health conditions, or familial status of a person seek-
 5 ing to rent or lease any publicly-assisted housing accommodation;
 6 provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a
 7 member of the reserve armed forces of the United States or in the organ-
 8 ized militia of the state from voluntarily disclosing such membership.
 9 (c-1) To print or circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 10 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
 11 tion for the purchase, rental or lease of such housing accommodation or
 12 to make any record or inquiry in connection with the prospective
 13 purchase, rental or lease of such a housing accommodation which
 14 expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification or
 15 discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship or
 16 immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
 17 military status, sex, age, disability, marital status, status as a
 18 victim of domestic violence, lawful source of income, wage history,
 19 medical history, health conditions or familial sta