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NY A01820
Bill
Status
12/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Phillip Steck
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AI Summary
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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
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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
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Covers discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, disability, national origin, source of income, or ancestry
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Allows any property owner who believes their property is subject to an unlawfully restrictive covenant to record a modification document striking the illegal language
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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