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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S09490Prohibits 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 retaliating with reports, so less immigration enforcement by private actors cooperating with federal authorities.
(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 any of
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Immigration enforcementotherAI label
=No change to immigration enforcementmodel confidence 70%
Allows standard tenant screening and compliance with federal subsidized housing rules, creating limited exceptions that do not expand enforcement but prevent the new prohibitions from conflicting with existing federal obligations.
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
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Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2026-03-18: REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds new unlawful discriminatory practices under NY executive law that bar landlords from inquiring about, requiring documentation of, disclosing, or retaliating via reports of tenants' immigration/citizenship status to federal authorities. This limits private cooperation with immigration enforcement. Exceptions for standard screening and federal housing programs are narrow and do not expand enforcement, resulting in one restricts and one neutral tag.
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