NY S01728

Sellers must remove discriminatory covenants (based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, disability, national origin, source of income, or ancestry) by submitting a restrictive covenant modification document with the deed or separately, with no filing fees required.

Sellers must provide purchasers or title insurance applicants a copy of the restrictive covenant modification document prior to or at closing.

Condominium boards, cooperative boards, and homeowners associations must delete or amend discriminatory covenants within one year of the law's effective date without requiring property owner approval.

Property owners may record a restrictive covenant modification document for unlawful covenants by submitting a copy of the original document with discriminatory language stricken, signed under penalty of law.

County recorders must make modification forms publicly available and are not liable for recording modification documents; the law takes effect 180 days after enactment.