Assembly Bill A2777

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the paired testing program, compliance fee and a paired testing program fund

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A2777 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5840
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add §441-g, amd §441-b, RP L; add §99-qq, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A11107, S7024
2021-2022: A1720, S1615

2023-A2777 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the paired testing program and compliance fee to determine if any real estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent thereof is using unlawful discriminatory practices; creates the paired testing program fund.

2023-A2777 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2777
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
   paired  testing  program  and a compliance fee; and to amend the state
   finance law, in relation to establishing the  paired  testing  program
   fund

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 441-g to read as follows:
   §  441-G.  PAIRED TESTING PROGRAM. 1. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION,
 "PAIRED TESTING" SHALL MEAN A TEST IN WHICH TWO TESTERS ASSUME THE  ROLE
 OF  APPLICANTS  WITH  EQUIVALENT SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS WHO
 DIFFER ONLY IN TERMS OF THE CHARACTERISTIC BEING  TESTED  FOR  DISCRIMI-
 NATION,  SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RACE, DISABILITY STATUS, OR MARITAL
 STATUS.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS  SHALL  DEVELOP  A
 PAIRED  TESTING  PROGRAM  TO  DETERMINE  IF ANY REAL ESTATE BROKER, REAL
 ESTATE SALESPERSON OR EMPLOYEE  OR  AGENT  THEREOF  ARE  USING  UNLAWFUL
 DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION FIVE
 OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   3.  (A) ANY REAL ESTATE BROKER, REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON OR EMPLOYEE OR
 AGENT THEREOF FOUND USING UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES  AS  DEFINED
 IN  PARAGRAPH  (C) OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX
 OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A  FINE  IN  AN  AMOUNT  TO  BE
 DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
   (B)  IN ADDITION TO ANY FINE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION A REAL ESTATE BROKER OR  REAL  ESTATE  SALESPERSON  LICENSED
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  ARTICLE  MAY  HAVE  HIS  OR  HER  LICENSE REVOKED OR
 SUSPENDED PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-ONE-C OF THIS ARTICLE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02883-01-3
 A. 2777                             2
              

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