New YorkA 40402025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Codifies the disparate impact standard in the human rights law

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Bill Overview

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3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Show housing bias by unequal results

The law lets you prove housing discrimination by showing a policy’s unequal effects, even without proof of intent. A discriminatory effect includes rules that cause unequal results or keep housing patterns segregated. It covers race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, age, disability, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence, lawful source of income, and familial status. First you must show the unequal effect; then the provider must justify the rule; you can still win by showing a less‑discriminatory option works.

Starts now; other rights remain

The law takes effect immediately. It applies to housing actions and cases from now on. Agencies can add or change rules to carry it out right away. It does not limit broader ways to prove discrimination that already exist under state law.

When housing providers can justify policies

Housing providers can defend a practice by proving it is needed for a substantial, legitimate, non‑discriminatory goal, with real evidence. They must also show no other practice would meet that goal with less unequal impact. This defense does not apply to claims of intentional discrimination.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Micah Lasher
Democratic • House

Cosponsors

Alex Bores
Democratic • House
Andrew Hevesi
Democratic • House
Anna Kelles
Democratic • House
Dana Levenberg
Democratic • House
Deborah Glick
Democratic • House
Emerita Torres
Democratic • House
Emily Gallagher
Democratic • House
Grace Lee
Democratic • House
Harvey Epstein
Democratic • House
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Democratic • House
John Zaccaro Jr.
Democratic • House
Jonathan Jacobson
Democratic • House
Jordan Wright
Democratic • House
Karines Reyes
Democratic • House
Kwani O'Pharrow
Democratic • House
Larinda Hooks
Democratic • House
Linda Rosenthal
Democratic • House
MaryJane Shimsky
Democratic • House
Noah Burroughs
Democratic • House
Patrick J. Carroll
Democratic • House
Philip Ramos
Democratic • House
Rebecca Seawright
Democratic • House
Stefani Zinerman
Democratic • House
Tommy Schiavoni
Democratic • House
Yudelka Tapia
Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 39 • No: 20

House vote • 6/11/2025

FLOOR Vote