Bill Text: NY S07923 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Protects renters using a housing subsidy or voucher, or receiving public assistance from discrimination by the housing provider based on such renters' income or use of such housing subsidy, voucher or public assistance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-14 - PRINT NUMBER 7923A [S07923 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07923-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7923--A

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 3, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law,  in relation to protections for
          renters using certain housing subsidies or public assistance

          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) Prohibited minimum income requirements for housing subsidy or
     4  voucher  recipients. For purposes of subdivisions two-a and five of this
     5  section, it shall constitute unlawful discrimination because  of  lawful
     6  source  of income to commit any practice prohibited by such subdivisions
     7  based upon the amount of a person's income where  such  person  uses  or
     8  will  use  a  housing subsidy or voucher that is provided by a public or
     9  non-profit entity that issues rental payment, whether partial  or  full,
    10  made  directly  to  the housing provider, including but not limited to a
    11  voucher under Section 8 of the United States Housing  Act  of  1937  (42
    12  U.S.C.  §  1437f),  and  the  monthly  rent is within the rental payment
    13  limits allowable by such  housing  subsidy  or  voucher  provider  under
    14  program rules or regulations.
    15    (b)  Prohibited  minimum  income  requirements  for  public assistance
    16  recipients.   For purposes  of  subdivisions  two-a  and  five  of  this
    17  section,  it  shall constitute unlawful discrimination because of lawful
    18  source of income to commit any practice prohibited by such  subdivisions
    19  based  upon  the  amount  of a person's income where such person uses or
    20  will use housing assistance or public assistance that is provided  by  a
    21  public  or non-profit entity that issues rental payment, whether partial
    22  or full, made directly to the  housing  provider  and  the  individual's
    23  portion  of the monthly rent would be one-third or less of such individ-
    24  ual's monthly gross income.
    25    (c) "Housing provider" defined.  For the purposes of this subdivision,
    26  the term "housing provider" shall mean the  owner,  lessee,  sub-lessee,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13898-02-4
        S. 7923--A                          2

     1  assignee,  or  managing agent of housing accommodations, or other person
     2  having the right to sell, rent or lease a housing accommodation, a  real
     3  estate broker, a real estate salesperson, or any agent or employee ther-
     4  eof.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.