N.Y. Executive Law Section 170-E
Disclosure of lawful source of income rights to prospective tenants

The division of human rights shall promulgate regulations requiring any state, county, municipal or other governmental entity, including but not limited to the division of housing and community renewal, or any agency or instrumentality of such an entity, and any public or private non-profit entity authorized to administer any public housing program or assistance, including, but not limited to, the section eight housing choice voucher program, or any other form of housing assistance, payment, subsidy or credit, regardless of whether or not such assistance, payment, subsidy or credit is paid or attributed directly to a landlord, to ensure that individuals who have applied for and are eligible to receive such assistance, payment, subsidy or credit are informed, in writing, of their rights and remedies available under law, with regard to lawful source of income discrimination pursuant to this section. * NB There are 2 § 170-e’s

Source: Section 170-E — Disclosure of lawful source of income rights to prospective tenants, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EXC/170-E (updated Dec. 31, 2021; accessed Jul. 25, 2026).

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Certain searches, the filing of papers, and certified copies, ordered by state officers to be gratuitous 162
Contracts for professional services of state and municipal employees 163
Contracts for services of state agencies 163–A
Contracts with Green Thumb Environmental Beautification, Incorporated 164
Reports by and to the department 164–A
Report and publication economy regulations 164–B
State aid to rural areas: agency reports 164–C
Printing cost reduction notices 164–D
Availability of application forms 165
Commission on uniform state laws 166
Record of appearances 167
Advertising and publicizing summer camps cited as subversive 168
Notices to attorneys at law by state bodies or officers 168–A
Designation of days of commemoration 169
Salaries of certain state officers 170
Audit of agencies by the state comptroller 170–A
Celebration of Rosa Parks 170–B
Employee loans 170–B*2
Racial references contained in state and municipal forms 170–C
Regulatory penalties for small businesses 170–D
Disclosure of disabled tenants’ rights 170–E
Disclosure of lawful source of income rights to prospective tenants 170–E*2
Collection of demographic information 170–F
Website accessibility 170–G
Collection of demographic information 170–H
Additional collection of demographic information 170–I
Gender-based violence and the workplace 170–J
Mental health references contained in state and municipal forms 170–K
Local cops, local crimes act 171
Discovery and disposition of human remains and funerary objects
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Jul. 25, 2026

Last modified:
Dec. 31, 2021

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