17. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the offer and acceptance of
a discount to a person sixty-five years of age or older for housing
accommodations.
18. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the owner,
lessee, sub-lessee, assignee, or managing agent of, or other person
having the right of ownership of or possession of or the right to rent
or lease housing accommodations:
(1) To refuse to permit, at the expense of a 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 said 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