STATE OF NEW YORK
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5504
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 9, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Housing
AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to discrimination
based upon social media access
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new section
2 237-b to read as follows:
3 § 237-b. Discrimination based upon social media access. Any person,
4 firm or corporation owning or having in charge any apartment house,
5 tenement house or other building or manufactured home park used for
6 dwelling purposes who shall require a prospective or current tenant to
7 provide anyone access to such tenant's social media accounts, including
8 but not limited to any log-in name, password or other means for access-
9 ing a personal account, service, or electronic communications device,
10 shall be guilty of a violation.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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