Senate Bill S6611

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Includes correctional facilities and local correctional facilities as publicly-assisted housing accommodations for purposes of the division of human rights

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations 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-S6611 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2746
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§292 & 296, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8497

2023-S6611 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes correctional facilities and local correctional facilities as publicly-assisted housing accommodations for purposes of the division of human rights; defines correctional facilities and local correctional facilities.

2023-S6611 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6611 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6611
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- 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 including correctional
   facilities and  local  correctional  facilities  as  publicly-assisted
   housing accommodations for purposes of the division of human rights
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Legislative intent and findings. Whereas  recent  judicial
 opinions  have  created  confusion  regarding the status of correctional
 facilities and law enforcement agencies as subjects of the  jurisdiction
 of  the  New  York  human  rights  law, the legislature hereby finds and
 declares, for the purposes of the human rights law and the  division  of
 human  rights,  the  services  provided  by law enforcement officers are
 public accommodations, correctional facilities  and  local  correctional
 facilities  are  housing  accommodations,  and law enforcement agencies,
 correctional facilities and local correctional facilities are subject to
 the jurisdiction of the human rights law.
   § 2. Subdivision 10 of section 292 of the executive law, as  added  by
 chapter 340 of the laws of 1955, is amended to read as follows:
   10. The term "housing accommodation" includes any building, structure,
 or portion thereof which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged or
 designed  to  be  used  or  occupied, as the home, residence or sleeping
 place of one or more human beings, INCLUDING ANY  TYPE  OF  CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
   §  3.  Section  292  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 42 to read as follows:
   42. THE TERMS "CORRECTIONAL FACILITY" AND "LOCAL CORRECTIONAL  FACILI-
 TY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION TWO
 OF THE CORRECTION LAW.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00223-04-3
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