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N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 8-107

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N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 8-107
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23. Additional provisions relating to employment; interns, freelancers, independent contractors, and domestic workers. The protections of this chapter relating to employees apply to interns, freelancers and independent contractors. The protections of this chapter relating to employees also apply to a person's employment of one or more domestic workers as defined in subdivision 16 of section 2 of the labor law, without regard to the number of other employees such person has in their employ, provided however that subdivisions (10), (11-a) and paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subdivision (22) shall not apply.

24. Employment; consumer credit history.

(a) Except as provided in this subdivision, it shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer, labor organization, employment agency, or agent thereof to request or to use for employment purposes the consumer credit history of an applicant for employment or employee, or otherwise discriminate against an applicant or employee with regard to hiring, compensation, or the terms, conditions or privileges of employment based on the consumer credit history of the applicant or employee.

(b) Paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall not apply to:

(1) An employer or agent thereof, that is required by state or federal law or regulations or by a self-regulatory organization as defined in section 3(a)(26) of the securities exchange act of 1934, as amended to use an individual's consumer credit history for employment purposes;

(2) Persons applying for positions as or employed: