Bill Text: NY S05935 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to rental discrimination based upon consumer credit history; prohibits a person from refusing to rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold from any person or group of persons housing accommodations because of the consumer credit history of such person or persons, or to represent that any housing accommodation is not available for rental or lease when in fact it is so available; defines consumer credit history.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S05935 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S05935-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5935 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 23, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to rental discrimination based upon consumer credit history The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 292 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 39 to read as follows: 3 39. The term "consumer credit history" means an individual's credit 4 worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity or payment history, as 5 indicated by: 6 (a) a consumer credit report; or 7 (b) credit score. 8 § 2. Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision 2-a of section 296 of 9 the executive law, as amended by section 3 of part T of chapter 56 of 10 the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows: 11 (a) (i) To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or 12 withhold from any person or group of persons such housing accommodations 13 because of the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual 14 orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, age, sex, 15 marital status, lawful source of income or familial status of such 16 person or persons, or to represent that any housing accommodation or 17 land is not available for inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact 18 it is so available. 19 (ii) To refuse to rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold 20 from any person or group of persons such housing accommodations because 21 of the consumer credit history of such person or persons, or to repre- 22 sent that any housing accommodation is not available for rental or lease 23 when in fact it is so available. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05092-01-1S. 5935 2 1 (b) To discriminate against any person because of his or her race, 2 creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, gender 3 identity or expression, military status, age, sex, marital status, 4 lawful source of income [or], familial status or consumer credit history 5 in the terms, conditions or privileges of any publicly-assisted housing 6 accommodations or in the furnishing of facilities or services in 7 connection therewith. 8 (c) To cause to be made any written or oral inquiry or record concern- 9 ing the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual orien- 10 tation, gender identity or expression, membership in the reserve armed 11 forces of the United States or in the organized militia of the state, 12 age, sex, marital status, lawful source of income [or], familial status 13 or consumer credit history of a person seeking to rent or lease any 14 publicly-assisted housing accommodation; provided, however, that nothing 15 in this subdivision shall prohibit a member of the reserve armed forces 16 of the United States or in the organized militia of the state from 17 voluntarily disclosing such membership. 18 § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 296 of the executive law is amended by 19 adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows: 20 (h) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person 21 offering housing accommodations for rent or lease as described in para- 22 graphs (a), (b) and (c) of this subdivision to refuse to rent or lease 23 or otherwise deny to or withhold from any person or group of persons 24 such housing accommodations because of the consumer credit history of 25 such person or persons, or to represent that any housing accommodation 26 is not available for rental or lease when in fact it is so available. 27 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.