NYSHRL Disability (§296)

N.Y. Executive Law § 296(2-a), (5), (18) (NYS Human Rights Law)

New York's Human Rights Law (Executive Law § 296) makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice for housing providers to discriminate on the basis of disability, and it requires them to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services and to permit reasonable modifications of existing premises (generally at the person-with-a-disability's expense) when necessary to afford that person full enjoyment of the dwelling; for rentals, a landlord may, where reasonable, condition a modification on the tenant agreeing to restore the interior to its prior condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted). These disability housing provisions appear principally in § 296(18) (housing accommodations generally) and § 296(2-a) (publicly-assisted housing), and the law applies statewide, including to NYC rental and for-sale housing.