New York A 1568: Prohibits landlords from refusing to deal with certain people solely because those people were involved in prior summary proceedings

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A01568 Summary:

BILL NOA01568 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRDinowitz, Hevesi, Glick, Colton, Forrest

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §296, Exec L

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Prohibits landlords from refusing to deal with certain people solely because those people were involved in prior summary proceedings.

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BILL NOA01568 

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01/10/2025referred to housing

01/07/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1568

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, HEVESI, GLICK, COLTON,
 FORREST -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to a tenant blacklist

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 296 of the executive law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
 3 (a-1) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
 4 lessee, sublessee, assignee, or managing agent of publicly-assisted
 5 housing accommodations or other person having the right of ownership or
 6 possession of or the right to rent or lease such accommodations to
 7 refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise deny or to withhold from any
 8 person or group of persons such a housing accommodation on the basis
 9 that such person or group of persons were involved in past, ongoing or
 10 current landlord-tenant action or summary proceeding emanating from
 11 article seven of the real property law, except where the tenant or group
 12 of tenants have not satisfied the order.
 13 § 2. Subdivision 3-b of section 296 of the executive law, as separate-
 14 ly amended by chapters 202 and 748 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 15 read as follows:
 16 3-b. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any real
 17 estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent thereof or
 18 any other individual, corporation, partnership or organization for the
 19 purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which any such person
 20 or any of its stockholders or members may benefit financially, to repre-
 21 sent that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the composition
 22 with respect to race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship or
 23 immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
 24 military status, sex, disability, past, ongoing or current landlord-
 25 tenant action or summary proceeding emanating from article seven of the
 26 real property law, marital status, status as a victim of domestic

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04452-01-5

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 1 violence, or familial status of the owners or occupants in the block,
 2 neighborhood or area in which the real property is located, and to
 3 represent, directly or indirectly, that this change will or may result
 4 in undesirable consequences in the block, neighborhood or area in which
 5 the real property is located, including but not limited to the lowering
 6 of property values, an increase in criminal or anti-social behavior, or
 7 a decline in the quality of schools or other facilities.
 8 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 296 of the executive
 9 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 1-a to read as follows:
 10 (1-a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
 11 lessee, sublessee, assignee, or managing agent of, or any other person
 12 having the right to sell, rent or lease a housing accommodation,
 13 constructed or to be constructed, or any agent or employee thereof, to
 14 refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise deny or to withhold from any
 15 person or group of persons such a housing accommodation on the basis
 16 that such person or group of persons were involved in past, ongoing or
 17 current landlord-tenant action or summary proceeding emanating from
 18 article seven of the real property law, except where the tenant or
 19 group