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This bill requires sellers and property management entities to modify or remove discriminatory restrictive covenants from real property documents before or during sale. Specifically, the bill mandates that if any existing property documents contain restrictions discriminating against individuals based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, disability, national origin, source of income, or ancestry, sellers must take specific actions. These actions include submitting a restrictive covenant modification document to the county recorder, providing a copy of this document to the purchaser or title insurance applicant, and recording the modification document at no filing cost. Additionally, within one year of the bill's effective date, condominium boards, cooperative apartment corporations, and homeowners associations must delete or amend any discriminatory covenants without requiring property owner approval. The bill also allows property owners who believe their property is subject to unlawful restrictive covenants to record their own modification documents. County recorders are required to make modification document forms publicly available, and the bill specifies that only the modified covenant will have legal effect after recording. The legislation will take effect 180 days after becoming law, ensuring time for implementation and preparation by affected parties.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3178