§ 18-a. Findings and declarations of policy. 1. This article shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the state for the protection of the welfare, health and peace of the people of this state and the fulfillment and enforcement of the provisions of the constitution of this state concerning civil rights. 2. […]
§ 18-b. Definitions. When used in this article: 1. The term “person” includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy and receivers or other fiduciaries. 2. The term “housing accommodation” includes any building, structure, or portion thereof which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged or designed to […]
§ 18-c. Discrimination prohibited. It shall be unlawful: 1. For the owner of any publicly assisted housing accommodation to refuse to rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold from any person or group of persons such housing accommodation because of the race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry of such person or […]
§ 18-d. Restraint of discrimination; damages for violations. 1. Any person aggrieved by a violation of section eighteen-c of this chapter and any person whose assessment shall amount to more than one thousand dollars and who shall be liable to pay taxes on such assessment in any county, town, village or municipal corporation in the […]
§ 18-e. Applicability. The provisions of this section shall not apply to privately owned housing accommodations which are not publicly assisted within the meaning of section eighteen-b (3) of this chapter.
§ 19-a. Prohibition against unreasonable withholding of consent. 1. No corporation formed for the purpose of the cooperative ownership of real estate within the state shall withhold its consent to the sale or proposed sale of certificates of stock or other evidence of ownership of an interest in such corporation because of the race, creed, […]
§ 19-b. Restraint of discrimination; damages for violations. Any person aggrieved by a violation of section nineteen-a, including but not be limited to, any person who has made a loan, authorized by law, for the purpose of financing the purchase of certificates of stock or other evidence of ownership of an interest in a corporation […]
