Bill > A01820

This bill requires sellers of real property to modify or remove discriminatory restrictive covenants before selling a property, addressing restrictions based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, disability, national origin, source of income, or ancestry. Specifically, sellers must submit a restrictive covenant modification document to the county recorder either with the deed or separately, provide a copy of this document to the purchaser before closing, and record the modification without paying filing fees. Within one year of the bill's effective date, condominium boards, cooperative apartment corporations, and homeowners associations must also delete or amend discriminatory covenant language without requiring property owner approval. The bill allows property owners who believe a covenant is unlawfully restrictive to record a modification document themselves, which must include the original document with discriminatory language stricken. County recorders are required to make modification forms available to the public, and the modification document, once recorded, becomes the sole effective restriction on the property. The county recorder is protected from liability for recording such documents, with any potential liability falling solely on the property owner. The bill will take effect 180 days after becoming law.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1820