Details Meeting Name: Committee on Civil Rights (inactive) Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/19/2015 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Committee Room - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (10) 10 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available Int 0805-2015 * Daniel Dromm     Expanding the protections of the city of NY human rights law with regard to public accommodations, and making certain technical corrections. Introduction The New York City Human Rights Law prohibits anyone who owns, leases, runs or manages a place of public accommodation (such as a store, restaurant, or government agency), or their employees, from denying someone access to the product or benefit being offered to the public for discriminatory reasons. This bill amends that law in two key ways. First, this bill adds three types of people to the list of those who cannot discriminate: anyone who buys or sells a franchise and anyone who leases space to a provider of public accommodations. Second, the bill declares that it is illegal to offer a person who is or is perceived to be a member of a protected class the same benefits, services, or privileges as everyone else, but in such a way that they do not receive “the full and equal enjoyment” of those benefits on “equal terms and conditions,” or to use discriminatory advertisements and public statements. The bill will also make additional minor or technical corrections to the existing law. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0805-2015 * Daniel Dromm     Expanding the protections of the city of NY human rights law with regard to public accommodations, and making certain technical corrections. Introduction The New York City Human Rights Law prohibits anyone who owns, leases, runs or manages a place of public accommodation (such as a store, restaurant, or government agency), or their employees, from denying someone access to the product or benefit being offered to the public for discriminatory reasons. This bill amends that law in two key ways. First, this bill adds three types of people to the list of those who cannot discriminate: anyone who buys or sells a franchise and anyone who leases space to a provider of public accommodations. Second, the bill declares that it is illegal to offer a person who is or is perceived to be a member of a protected class the same benefits, services, or privileges as everyone else, but in such a way that they do not receive “the full and equal enjoyment” of those benefits on “equal terms and conditions,” or to use discriminatory advertisements and public statements. The bill will also make additional minor or technical corrections to the existing law. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0817-2015 * Darlene Mealy     Clarifying the definition of “place or provider of public accommodation” in the city human rights law. Introduction The New York City Human Rights Law prohibits anyone who owns, leases, runs, manages or works for a “place or provider of public accommodation” from discriminating against customers on protected grounds such as race, gender, and age. The law defines “place or provider of public accommodation” broadly, covering “providers” of “goods, services, facilities, accommodations, advantages or privileges of any kind” and covering places that offer those goods, services, and the like. That definition has always covered, but not explicitly listed, government bodies that provide such goods and services to the public. The Human Rights Law currently defines the term “person” to include government bodies. The proposed bill makes clear that any “person” who provides goods, services, facilities, accommodations, advantages or privileges to the public counts as a place or provider of public accommodation. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0817-2015 * Darlene Mealy     Clarifying the definition of “place or provider of public accommodation” in the city human rights law. Introduction The New York City Human Rights Law prohibits anyone who owns, leases, runs, manages or works for a “place or provider of public accommodation” from discriminating against customers on protected grounds such as race, gender, and age. The law defines “place or provider of public accommodation” broadly, covering “providers” of “goods, services, facilities, accommodations, advantages or privileges of any kind” and covering places that offer those goods, services, and the like. That definition has always covered, but not explicitly listed, government bodies that provide such goods and services to the public. The Human Rights Law currently defines the term “person” to include government bodies. The proposed bill makes clear that any “person” who provides goods, services, facilities, accommodations, advantages or privileges to the public counts as a place or provider of public accommodation. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0827-2015 * Ritchie J. Torres   Proposed Int. No. 827-A Expanding the prohibition against source of income discrimination in housing accommodations. Introduction Title 8 of the New York City Administrative Code prohibits source of income discrimination in housing. However, the prohibition against source of income discrimination does not apply to housing accommodations that contain a total of five or fewer housing units unless (1) a housing accommodation is rent-stabilized; or (2) the owner has a right to rent or lease in any building in the City that has six or more units. This bill would amend the Human Rights Law to prohibit source of income discrimination in all cases, regardless of the number of units in the housing accommodation. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0827-2015 * Ritchie J. Torres     Expanding the prohibition against source of income discrimination in housing accommodations. Introduction Title 8 of the New York City Administrative Code prohibits source of income discrimination in housing. However, the prohibition against source of income discrimination does not apply to housing accommodations that contain a total of five or fewer housing units unless (1) a housing accommodation is rent-stabilized; or (2) the owner has a right to rent or lease in any building in the City that has six or more units. This bill would amend the Human Rights Law to prohibit source of income discrimination in all cases, regardless of the number of units in the housing accommodation. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0827-2015 * Ritchie J. Torres     Expanding the prohibition against source of income discrimination in housing accommodations. Introduction Title 8 of the New York City Administrative Code prohibits source of income discrimination in housing. However, the prohibition against source of income discrimination does not apply to housing accommodations that contain a total of five or fewer housing units unless (1) a housing accommodation is rent-stabilized; or (2) the owner has a right to rent or lease in any building in the City that has six or more units. This bill would amend the Human Rights Law to prohibit source of income discrimination in all cases, regardless of the number of units in the housing accommodation. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0832-2015 * Jumaane D. Williams     Prohibiting discrimination in housing accommodations on the basis of an individual’s status as a victim of domestic violence. Introduction This bill makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice for landlords and other agents of real estate to refuse to sell, rent or lease, or otherwise deny or withhold an interest in a housing accommodation because of an individual’s actual or perceived status as a victim of domestic violence, or as a victim of sex offenses or stalking. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0832-2015 * Jumaane D. Williams     Prohibiting discrimination in housing accommodations on the basis of an individual’s status as a victim of domestic violence. Introduction This bill makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice for landlords and other agents of real estate to refuse to sell, rent or lease, or otherwise deny or withhold an interest in a housing accommodation because of an individual’s actual or perceived status as a victim of domestic violence, or as a victim of sex offenses or stalking. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available