NYC Council Introduction 553

intro.nyc/0553-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Housing accommodations and tenant blacklists.
Status: Committee Committee on Civil and Human Rights
Sponsored by Gale A. Brewer
Introduced: March 7, 2024

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.