Senate Bill S867

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the disclosure of disabled tenants' rights to reasonable accommodations; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S867 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1918
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §296 subs 2-b & 18-a, add §170-d, Exec L (as proposed in S.6220-A & A.8149-A)

2021-S867 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the disclosure of disabled tenants' rights to reasonable accommodations.

2021-S867 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S867 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    867
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the  disclo-
   sure  of disabled tenants' rights to reasonable accommodations; and to
   repeal certain provisions of such law related thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2-b  of section 296 of the executive law, as
 added by a chapter of the laws  of  2020  amending  the  executive  law,
 relating  to  requiring  the  disclosure  of disabled tenants' rights to
 reasonable accommodations, as  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers
 S.6220-A and A.8149-A, is REPEALED.
   § 2. Subdivision 18-a of section 296 of the executive law, as added by
 a  chapter  of  the laws of 2020 amending the executive law, relating to
 requiring the disclosure  of  disabled  tenants'  rights  to  reasonable
 accommodations,  as  proposed  in legislative bills numbers S.6220-A and
 A.8149-A, is REPEALED.
   § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  170-d  to
 read as follows:
   § 170-D. DISCLOSURE OF DISABLED TENANTS' RIGHTS. THE DIVISION OF HUMAN
 RIGHTS  SHALL  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS  REQUIRING EVERY HOUSING PROVIDER
 UNDER SUBDIVISIONS TWO-A AND FIVE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED  NINETY-SIX  OF
 THIS  CHAPTER, TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO ALL TENANTS AND PROSPECTIVE TENANTS,
 IN WRITING, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THEIR  TENANCY,
 OR  THIRTY  DAYS  FROM  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS SECTION FOR CURRENT
 TENANTS, OF THEIR RIGHTS TO REQUEST REASONABLE MODIFICATIONS AND  ACCOM-
 MODATIONS PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPHS ONE, TWO AND THREE OF PARAGRAPH D OF
 SUBDIVISION  TWO-A OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER AND
 SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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