§ 18-B — Definitions

§ 18-b. Definitions. When used in this article:\n 1. The term "person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships,\nassociations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in\nbankruptcy and receivers or other fiduciaries.\n 2. The term "housing accommodation" includes any building, structure,\nor portion thereof which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged or\ndesigned to be used or occupied, as the home, residence or sleeping\nplace of one or more human beings, but shall not include any\naccommodations operated by a religious or denominational organization as\npart of its religious or denominational activities.\n 3. The term "publicly assisted housing accommodation" includes any\nhousing accommodation within the state of New York\n (a) which, after July first, nineteen hundred fifty, is granted\nexemption in whole or in part from taxes levied by the state or any of\nits political subdivisions;\n (b) which is constructed after July first, nineteen hundred fifty, on\nland sold below cost by the state or any of its political subdivisions\nor any agency thereof, pursuant to the federal housing act of nineteen\nhundred forty-nine;\n (c) which is constructed after July first, nineteen hundred fifty, in\nwhole or in part on property acquired or assembled by the state or any\nof its political subdivisions or any agency thereof through the power of\ncondemnation or otherwise for the purpose of such construction;\n (d) for the acquisition, construction, repair or maintenance of which\nthe state or any of its political subdivisions or any agency thereof\nsupplies, after July first, nineteen hundred fifty, funds or other\nfinancial assistance;\n (e) (1) which is located in a multiple dwelling; and (2) the\nacquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of\nwhich is, after July first, nineteen hundred fifty-five, financed in\nwhole or in part by a loan, whether or not secured by a mortgage, the\nrepayment of which is guaranteed or insured by the federal government or\nany agency thereof, or the state or any of its political subdivisions or\nany agency thereof, provided that such a housing accommodation shall be\ndeemed to be publicly assisted only during the life of such loan and\nsuch guaranty or insurance; or\n (f) which is offered for sale by a person who owns or otherwise\ncontrols the sale of ten or more housing accommodations located on land\nthat is contiguous (exclusive of public streets), if (1) the\nacquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of such\nhousing accommodations is, after July first, nineteen hundred\nfifty-five, financed in whole or in part by a loan, whether or not\nsecured by a mortgage, the repayment of which is guaranteed or insured\nby the federal government or any agency thereof, or the state or any of\nits political subdivisions or any agency thereof, provided that such a\nhousing accommodation shall be deemed to be publicly assisted only\nduring the life of such loan and guaranty or insurance, or (2) a\ncommitment, issued by a government agency after July first, nineteen\nhundred fifty-five, is outstanding that acquisition of such housing\naccommodations may be financed in whole or in part by a loan, whether or\nnot secured by a mortgage, the repayment of which is guaranteed or\ninsured by the federal government or any agency thereof, or the state or\nany of its political subdivisions or any agency thereof.\n 4. The term "owner" includes the lessee, sub-lessee, assignee,\nmanaging agent, or other person having the right of ownership or\npossession or the right to rent or lease housing accommodations and\nincludes the state and any of its political subdivisions and any agency\nthereof.\n 5. The term "discriminate" includes to segregate or separate.\n 6. The term "multiple dwelling", as herein used, means a dwelling\nwhich is occupied, as a rule, for permanent residence purposes and which\nis either rented, leased, let or hired out, to be occupied as the\nresidence or home of three or more families living independently of each\nother. A "multiple dwelling" shall not be deemed to include a hospital,\nconvent, monastery, asylum or public institution, or a fireproof\nbuilding used wholly for commercial purposes except for not more than\none janitor's apartment and not more than one penthouse occupied by not\nmore than two families. The term "family," as used herein, means either\na person occupying a dwelling and maintaining a household, with not more\nthan four boarders, roomers or lodgers, or two or more persons occupying\na dwelling, living together and maintaining a common household, with not\nmore than four boarders, roomers or lodgers. A "boarder," "roomer" or\n"lodger" residing with a family means a person living within the\nhousehold who pays a consideration for such residence and does not\noccupy such space within the household as an incident of employment\ntherein.\n