N.Y. STF Law § 80-A — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 80-A
Anti-discrimination in housing fund
Status: in_force

§ 80-a. Anti-discrimination in housing fund. 1. There is hereby\nestablished in the custody of the state comptroller a special fund to be\nknown as the "anti-discrimination in housing fund".\n  2. The anti-discrimination in housing fund shall consist of moneys\nappropriated thereto, moneys transferred from any other fund or sources,\nfifty percent of all fines and forfeitures collected pursuant to\nsubdivision one of section one hundred sixty-u of the executive law, and\nfifty percent of all fines and forfeitures collected pursuant to\nparagraph (a) of subdivision one of section four hundred forty-one-c of\nthe real property law. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent\nthe state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the purposes of\nthe fund as defined in this section and depositing them into the fund\naccording to law.\n  3. The moneys in the anti-discrimination in housing fund shall be kept\nseparate from and shall not be commingled with any other moneys in the\ncustody of the state comptroller. Such moneys shall be made available to\nthe office of the attorney general, for programs assisting with fair\nhousing compliance, which includes, but is not limited to, fair housing\ntesting, outreach and education on fair housing protections, addressing\nand investigating fair housing allegations and complaints, and\naddressing discrimination in appraisals, including new appraisals and\nappraisal review, through allocation of grants to duly applying county,\ncity, town or village human rights commissions, or other duly applying\ncounty, city, town, village or not-for-profit entities specializing in\nthe prevention of unlawful discrimination in housing, to detect unlawful\ndiscrimination in housing.\n  4. The attorney general shall establish the application criteria and\nqualifications for the entities for the purposes of the fund as defined\nin subdivision three of this section that will conduct testing. The\nattorney general may enter into contracts with such qualified fair\nhousing entities which may thereafter be renewed, extended or succeeded\nby new contracts from year to year in the discretion of the attorney\ngeneral.\n  5. The monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant\nof the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the attorney\ngeneral.\n  6. No later than the fifteenth day of January of each year the\nattorney general shall report to the governor, the temporary president\nof the senate and the speaker of the assembly on activities undertaken\nby the attorney general and any grantee pursuant to this section in the\npreceding year. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the\ncurrent amount of funds available as well as the amount of money granted\nto any entity that will conduct testing to detect unlawful\ndiscrimination in housing for the purposes identified in this section.\nResults, data, findings, and other relevant information existing,\ncollected, detected, modified or developed by the attorney general or\ngrantee under this section shall be provided in such annual report\nfollowing the completion of the obligations in the contract.\n