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NY A01820

Bill

Status

Passed

12/5/2025

Primary Sponsor

Phillip Steck

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires sellers to remove discriminatory restrictive covenants from property documents before sale by submitting a modification document to the county recorder, with no filing fees charged for this recording

  • Mandates that condominium boards, cooperative boards, and homeowners associations delete discriminatory covenants from their recorded documents within one year of the law's effective date, without requiring property owner approval

  • Covers discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, disability, national origin, source of income, or ancestry

  • Allows any property owner who believes their property is subject to an unlawfully restrictive covenant to record a modification document striking the illegal language

  • Takes effect 180 days after becoming law, with county recorders required to make restrictive covenant modification forms available to the public

Legislative Description

Requires the modification of restrictive covenants prior to the sale of real property when covenants, conditions and restrictions exist which discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, disability, national origin, source of income or ancestry.

Last Action

approval memo.9

12/5/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary4/2/2025
Judiciary1/14/2025

Full Bill Text

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