NYC Admin. Code § 20-699.20 et seq. (Local Law 119 of 2024)
Effective June 11, 2025, the FARE Act (Local Law 119 of 2024, codifying Subchapter 15 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the NYC Administrative Code at §§ 20-699.20 et seq.) prohibits a landlord's agent or any agent who publishes a rental listing with the landlord's authorization from charging or collecting a broker fee from a prospective residential tenant. It requires landlords or their agents to give tenants an itemized written disclosure of all tenant-paid fees, signed before the lease is signed, and to conspicuously disclose all such fees in any published listing. DCWP enforces the law through OATH, with civil penalties and restitution for unlawfully charged fees.
6 RCNY § 5-625
6 RCNY § 6-57
Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.
N.Y. Real Property Law § 238-a
N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 8-107(5)(o); Local Law 24 of 2024
N.Y.C. Admin. Code §§ 20-807 to 20-811
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