NY Real Property Law › Article 7: Landlord and Tenant

§ 237 Discrimination in leases with respect to bearing of children

§ 237. Discrimination in leases with respect to bearing of children. Any person, firm or corporation owning or having in charge any apartment house, tenement house or other building or mobile home park used for dwelling purposes who shall, in any lease of any or part of any such building or mobile home park, have a clause therein providing that during the term thereof the tenants shall remain childless or shall not bear children, shall be guilty of a violation.

Source: NY Real Property Law, as published by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service
Last amended: Effective September 22, 2014
Checked: Matched the official code on October 1, 2026

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Text in force in this form since 2014-09-22 per NY Senate Open Legislation (eff. 9/22/2014)

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