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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         3437--C
            Cal. No. 1440
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 29, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
          reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee -- reported
          favorably from said  committee  and  committed  to  the  Committee  on
          Finance  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged  and
          said  bill  committed  to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third
          reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  in  the
          order of third reading
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a dedi-
          cated telephone line for complainants of housing discrimination
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 295 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 17 to read as follows:
     3    17.  To  establish a dedicated telephone line to provide assistance to
     4  individuals with complaints of housing discrimination.  Such  assistance
     5  shall include, but not be limited to, directing individuals to resources
     6  available  to the public regarding housing discrimination.  The division
     7  shall operate such dedicated  telephone  line  during  regular  business
     8  hours  and shall post the telephone number for such dedicated phone line
     9  on the website of the division. The commissioner  is  hereby  authorized
    10  and  directed  to  promulgate  rules  and  regulations to effectuate the
    11  purposes of this subdivision.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    13  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    14  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    15  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    16  completed on or before such effective date.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04930-09-1