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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A11176Prohibits landlords or their agents from inquiring or requiring disclosure about citizenship or immigration status, requiring specific immigration documentation to be presented, disclosing immigration or citizenship status to third parties, or threatening to report a tenant's citizenship or immigration status in retaliation for asserting their rights.
Prohibits landlords from inquiring about, disclosing, or reporting tenants' immigration status to authorities (except by court order), and from retaliatory reporting, so less immigration enforcement by private actors in housing.
(5) (i) To inquire about or require disclosure of citizenship or immigration status;
(ii) To require specific immigration documentation, including but not limited to a green card or similar documentation, as the sole acceptable
form of identification;
(iii) To disclose a tenant's immigration or citizenship status to
third parties, including but not limited to federal authorities, except
when required by court order; or
(iv) To report or threaten to report a tenant's citizenship or immi-
gration status to immigration authorities in retaliation for asserting
rights under this chapter or anyother
Limits landlords' ability to verify immigration status in housing contexts except for standard screening or federal subsidized housing requirements, reducing private-sector involvement in immigration enforcement.
The provisions of subparagraph five of paragraph (a) of this
subdivision shall not be construed to prohibit an owner, lessee, sub-
lessee, assignee, or managing agent of, or other person having the right
to sell, rent or lease a housing accommodation, constructed or to be
constructed, or any agent or employee thereof, from:
(1) verifying the identity of a potential tenant or conducting other
standard tenant screening practices that are otherwise lawful; provided,
however, that such identity verification or other standard tenant
screening practice shall not impose heightened requirements based
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds prohibitions under NY executive law against landlords inquiring about, requiring documentation of, disclosing, or retaliatorily reporting tenants' citizenship/immigration status to federal authorities. Exceptions allow standard identity verification without heightened immigration-based rules and compliance with federal subsidized housing requirements. This restricts the scope of immigration enforcement by limiting private actors' cooperation with immigration authorities in housing.
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