Bill Text: NY A10576 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enacts the "vicarious liability for housing discrimination act"; imposes vicarious liability on a person for unlawful discriminatory practices related to the sale, rental, or lease of certain property by such person's agent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-20 - referred to governmental operations [A10576 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A10576-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10576 IN ASSEMBLY June 20, 2024 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. L. Rosen- thal) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Oper- ations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the "vicari- ous liability for housing discrimination act of 2023" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "vicarious liability for housing discrimination act of 2023". 3 § 2. Section 296 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 4 subdivision 23 to read as follows: 5 23. For purposes of establishing liability for an unlawful discrimina- 6 tory practice related to the sale, rental, or lease of a private or 7 publicly-assisted housing accommodation, any person shall be vicariously 8 liable for a discriminatory practice by such person's agent or employee, 9 regardless of whether such person encouraged, condoned, approved of, or 10 knew or should have known of the conduct that resulted in a discrimina- 11 tory practice, consistent with agency law. 12 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06844-01-3
