New York A 5108: Establishes the housing for an equitable reentry and opportunity (HERO) act

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A05108 Summary:

BILL NOA05108 

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSRTaylor

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Amd §§292 & 296, Exec L

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Establishes the housing for an equitable reentry and opportunity (HERO) act to prohibit housing discrimination on the basis of criminal legal system involvement; defines criminal legal system involvement.

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BILL NOA05108 

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02/12/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5108

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting housing
 discrimination based on criminal legal system involvement

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "housing
 2 for an equitable reentry and opportunity (HERO) act".
 3 § 2. Section 292 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 4 subdivision 42 to read as follows:
 5 42. The term "criminal legal system involvement" shall mean informa-
 6 tion regarding an individual's conviction, arrest, charge, or citation
 7 for an offense, participation in a diversion or deferral of judgment
 8 program, record of an offense that has been sealed, expunged, vacated,
 9 or pardoned, a youthful offender adjudication, or a juvenile delinquency
 10 determination.
 11 § 3. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (c-1) of subdivision 2-a of section
 12 296 of the executive law, as separately amended by chapters 202 and 748
 13 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
 14 (a) To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or with-
 15 hold from any person or group of persons such housing accommodations
 16 because of the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, citizen-
 17 ship or immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or
 18 expression, military status, age, sex, marital status, status as a
 19 victim of domestic violence, lawful source of income, criminal legal
 20 system involvement or familial status of such person or persons, or to
 21 represent that any housing accommodation or land is not available for
 22 inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so available.
 23 (b) To discriminate against any person because of [his or her] race,
 24 creed, color, disability, national origin, citizenship or immigration
 25 status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09108-01-5

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 1 status, age, sex, marital status, status as a victim of domestic
 2 violence, lawful source of income, criminal legal system involvement or
 3 familial status in the terms, conditions or privileges of any publicly-
 4 assisted housing accommodations or in the furnishing of facilities or
 5 services in connection therewith.
 6 (c) To cause to be made any written or oral inquiry or record concern-
 7 ing the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, citizenship or
 8 immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
 9 membership in the reserve armed forces of the United States or in the
 10 organized militia of the state, age, sex, marital status, status as a
 11 victim of domestic violence, lawful source of income, criminal legal
 12 system involvement or familial status of a person seeking to rent or
 13 lease any publicly-assisted housing accommodation; provided, however,
 14 that nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a member of the reserve
 15 armed forces of the United States or in the organized militia of the
 16 state from voluntarily disclosing such membership.
 17 (c-1) To print or circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any
 18 statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of applica-
 19 tion for the purchase, rental