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S05065 Summary:

BILL NO	S05065
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	CLEARE
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd 297, Exec L
Increases the penalties for housing related unlawful discriminatory practices based on the lawful source of income of the victim where the respondent receives federal, state or local tax benefits for the housing accommodation at issue.

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S05065 Actions:

BILL NO	S05065
02/22/2023	REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
01/03/2024	REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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S05065 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5065
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 22, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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 increasing the  penal-
          ties for certain unlawful discriminatory practices based on the lawful
          source of income of the victim

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of  section  297  of  the  executive  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
     3    f. Any monetary damages or fines awarded or assessed pursuant to para-
     4  graph c of this subdivision shall be doubled where a respondent is found
     5  to have engaged in an unlawful discriminatory practice defined in subdi-
     6  visions  two-a or five of section two hundred ninety-six of this article
     7  which is based on the lawful source of income  of  the  victim  of  such
     8  unlawful  discriminatory practice, and such respondent receives federal,
     9  state or local tax benefits for the housing accommodation  at  issue  in
    10  the complaint.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09673-01-3

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