N.Y. Real Prop. Acts. Law § 227-f

§ 227-f. Denial on the basis of involvement in prior disputes\nprohibited. 1. No landlord of a residential premises shall refuse to\nrent or offer a lease to a potential tenant on the basis that the\npotential tenant was involved in a past or pending landlord-tenant\naction or summary proceeding under article seven of the real property\nactions and proceedings law. There shall be a rebuttable presumption\nthat a person is in violation of this section if it is established that\nthe person requested information from a tenant screening bureau relating\nto a potential tenant or otherwise inspected court records relating to a\npotential tenant and the person subsequently refuses to rent or offer a\nlease to the potential tenant.\n 2. Whenever the attorney general shall believe from evidence\nsatisfactory to him or her that any person, firm, corporation or\nassociation or agent or employee thereof has violated subdivision one of\nthis section, he or she may bring an action or special proceeding in the\nsupreme court for a judgment enjoining the continuance of such violation\nand for a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars, but not\nmore than one thousand dollars for each violation.\n