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N.Y. Exec. Law § 296

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N.Y. Exec. Law § 296
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New York (state)
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(d) (1) To refuse to permit, at the expense of the person with a
disability, reasonable modifications of existing premises occupied or to
be occupied by the said person, if the modifications may be necessary to
afford the said person full enjoyment of the premises, in conformity
with the provisions of the New York state uniform fire prevention and
building code, except that, in the case of a rental, the landlord may,
where it is reasonable to do so, condition permission for a modification
on the renter's agreeing to restore the interior of the premises to the
condition that existed before the modification, reasonable wear and tear
excepted.

(2) To refuse to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies,
practices, or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to
afford a person with a disability equal opportunity to use and enjoy a
dwelling, including the use of an animal as a reasonable accommodation
to alleviate symptoms or effects of a disability, and including
reasonable modification to common use portions of the dwelling, or

(3) In connection with the design and construction of covered
multi-family dwellings for first occupancy after March thirteenth,
nineteen hundred ninety-one, a failure to design and construct dwellings
in accordance with the accessibility requirements of the New York state
uniform fire prevention and building code, to provide that:

(i) The public use and common use portions of the dwellings are
readily accessible to and usable by disabled persons with disabilities;

(ii) All the doors are designed in accordance with the New York state
uniform fire prevention and building code to allow passage into and
within all premises and are sufficiently wide to allow passage by
persons in wheelchairs; and