In relation to prohibiting landlords from discriminating against tenants based on lawful source of income
NYC L.L. 2008/010
in effectL.L. 2008/010
Enactment date: 3/26/2008
Int. No. 61-A
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting landlords from discriminating against tenants based on lawful source of income.
By Council Members de Blasio, Foster, James, Koppell, Martinez, Mendez, Palma, Sanders Jr., Stewart, Yassky, Liu, Reyna, Avella, Gentile, Monserrate, Brewer, Garodnick, Gerson, Jackson, Mealy, Arroyo, Weprin, Mark-Viverito, Gioia, Gonzalez, Vann, Barron, Eugene, Addabbo Jr., Fidler, Recchia Jr., Baez, Rivera, Nelson, White Jr., Dickens, Sears and The Public Advocate (Ms. Gotbaum)
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Legislative Intent. The Council hereby finds that some landlords refuse to offer available units because of the source of income tenants, including current tenants, plan to use to pay the rent. In particular, studies have shown that landlords discriminate against holders of section 8 vouchers because of prejudices they hold about voucher holders. This bill would make it illegal to discriminate on that basis.
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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]
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§ 7. This local law shall take effect immediately upon its enactment into law.
Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-207401Fetched: 10/25/2026