STATE OF NEW YORK
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3437--C
Cal. No. 1440
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 29, 2021
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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