N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 8-107

Citation: N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 8-107
Jurisdiction: New York City (municipal)
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(9) A covered entity shall be immune from liability in any civil action arising as a result of an alleged act of an individual with a criminal history based on the claim that the covered entity should not have sold, rented or leased, or otherwise granted a housing accommodation or an interest therein, to such individual or as a result of a covered entity's decision not to perform a criminal background check.

(p) For purposes of this paragraph, the term "CityFHEPS" means the city fighting homelessness and eviction prevention supplement program established pursuant to chapter 10 of title 68 of the rules of the city of New York or any successor program. The commission shall develop and disseminate a written notice of protections of this subdivision related to lawful source of income. The notice shall be made available to the department of social services for use in accordance with section 21-141.1. The notice shall include, at a minimum, the following information:

(1) Examples of different forms of lawful source of income;

(2) A description of covered entities required not to discriminate on the basis of lawful sources of income;

(3) Examples of actions that may indicate discrimination based on lawful source of income in violation of title 8, such as refusing to accept lawful source of income for rent payment, publishing any type of advertisement that indicates a refusal to accept any lawful source of income, and refusing or delaying repairs because a person uses any lawful source of income for rent payment, publishing any type of advertisement that indicates a refusal to accept any lawful source of income, and any additional actions landlords or brokers use to unlawfully discriminate against a person on the basis of their using any lawful source of income;