Bill Text: NY A00569 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Adds veterans to protected classes for unlawful housing discrimination regardless of discharge status.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A00569 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00569-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         569--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to adding veterans to
          protected classes for unlawful housing discrimination

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

     1    Section 1. Section 296 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
     3    2-b.  (a)  It  shall  be  an  unlawful discriminatory practice for the
     4  owner, lessee, sub-lessee, assignee, or managing agent  of  publicly-as-
     5  sisted housing accommodations or other person having the right of owner-
     6  ship  or possession of or the right to rent or lease such accommodations
     7  to refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to  deny  to  or  withhold
     8  from  any person or group of persons such housing accommodations because
     9  of such person's status as a veteran.
    10    (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "veteran"  means  a
    11  person who served on active duty in the uniformed services of the United
    12  States, or in the army national guard, air national guard, or service as
    13  a  commissioned officer in the public health service, commissioned offi-
    14  cer of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration  or  environ-
    15  mental  sciences  services  administration,  or cadet at a United States
    16  armed forces service academy,  and  who  has  been  released  from  such
    17  service.
    18    §  2.  Subdivision 5 of section 296 of the executive law is amended by
    19  adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
    20    (h) (1) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person
    21  offering or providing housing accommodations, land or  commercial  space
    22  as  described  in  paragraphs  (a),  (b), and (c) of this subdivision to
    23  refuse to sell, rent or lease any housing accommodation, land or commer-
    24  cial space to any person because of such person's status as a veteran.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02057-02-3
        A. 569--A                           2

     1    (2) For the purposes of this paragraph, the  term  "veteran"  means  a
     2  person who served on active duty in the uniformed services of the United
     3  States, or in the army national guard, air national guard, or service as
     4  a  commissioned officer in the public health service, commissioned offi-
     5  cer  of  the national oceanic and atmospheric administration or environ-
     6  mental sciences services administration, or cadet  at  a  United  States
     7  armed  forces  service  academy,  and  who  has  been released from such
     8  service.
     9    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.