Bill Text: NY S04253 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to adding veterans to protected classes for unlawful housing discrimination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S04253 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04253-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4253

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 7, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  ASHBY,  OBERACKER,  RHOADS, ROLISON, WEIK -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee on Investigations and Government Operations

        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.  It  shall  be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
     4  lessee, sub-lessee, 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 to deny to or withhold from
     8  any person or group of persons such housing  accommodations  because  of
     9  such person's status as a veteran.
    10    §  2.  Subdivision 5 of section 296 of the executive law is amended by
    11  adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
    12    (h) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory  practice  for  any  person
    13  offering  or  providing housing accommodations, land or commercial space
    14  as described in paragraphs (a), (b), and  (c)  of  this  subdivision  to
    15  refuse to sell, rent or lease any housing accommodation, land or commer-
    16  cial space to any person because of such person's status as a veteran.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06233-01-3