STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3672 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 28, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RODRIGUEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to protecting the integrity of traditionally recognized neighborhoods The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new arti- 2 cle 19-C to read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 19-C 4 NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY ACT 5 Section 995. Neighborhood integrity. 6 § 995. Neighborhood integrity. 1. No person or entity shall rename or 7 re-designate a traditionally recognized neighborhood within a city with 8 a population of one million or more, or in any way reconstitute tradi- 9 tionally recognized neighborhood boundaries, except as set forth in 10 subdivision two of this section. 11 2. The mayor, upon a majority approval of the city council, shall 12 designate and direct a government office or agency to develop a process 13 for the proposed renaming of any traditionally recognized neighborhood, 14 or for the reconstitution of the boundaries of any such neighborhood. 15 Such process shall require input from the community board or boards 16 which represent such areas as established by the applicable city char- 17 ter. 18 3. No real estate broker or any agent of a real estate broker shall 19 market, disseminate or promote, including but not limited to, in any 20 written or electronic form the sale or rental of an apartment, house or 21 other real property as part of, or located in, a designated neighborhood 22 that is not a traditionally recognized neighborhood or recognized as 23 such pursuant to the process set forth in subdivision two of this 24 section. A violation of this section shall subject the real estate 25 broker to a monetary fine, license suspension or license revocation as EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03095-01-1

A. 3672 2 1 determined by the secretary of state pursuant to section four hundred 2 forty-one-c of the real property law. 3 4. Traditionally recognized neighborhoods or neighborhood boundaries 4 are those officially recognized by at least one of the community boards 5 presently established by the applicable city charter. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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