NYC Council Introduction 77

intro.nyc/0077-2022 2022-2023 Legislative Session
Housing accommodations and tenant blacklists.
Status: Filed (End of Session) Committee on Civil and Human Rights
Sponsored by Gale A. Brewer
Introduced: March 10, 2022

Tenant screening lists, sometimes called “tenant blacklists,” are used to identify supposedly risky renters by naming tenants who have been involved in a Housing Court case. This bill would mirror recent state law changes by prohibiting landlords from considering refusing to rent to prospective tenants solely because they appear on a tenant screening list. The bill adds participating in a housing court proceeding to the list of protected classes in the housing accommodations section of the civil rights title of the Administrative Code.

Sponsors: 5