Chittenango, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 74 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 74-3

A. No person, firm, corporation, partnership, agent or other entity which receives or expects to receive pecuniary gain from the sale or rental of housing property shall: (1) Refuse to sell, lease, rent, furnish services or otherwise deny or withhold any housing accommodation constructed or to be constructed in the Village of Chittenango to any person, or refuse to negotiate for the lease or rental of housing accommodation in the Village of Chittenango, or otherwise make such property unavailable, to any person, by reason of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, handicap or marital status of such person. (2) Represent to any person that any housing property in the Village of Chittenango is not available for inspection, sale or rental when such housing property is in fact so available. (3) Discriminate against any person because of his race, creed, color, national origin, sex, handicap or marital status in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or lease of any housing accommodation constructed or to be constructed. (4) Discriminate in the furnishing of information, services or facilities to any person in connection with the sale or rental of housing property because of the race, creed, color, national origin, sex, handicap or marital status of such person. (5) Print or circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any statement, advertisement or publication, or use any form or application for the purchase, lease or rental of any housing accommodation, or make any record or inquiry in connection with the prospective purchase, lease or rental of any housing accommodation which expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification or discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, sex, handicap or marital status, or any intent to make any such limitation, specification or discrimination. (6) Display listings or show prospective purchasers or renters housing property within the Village of Chittenango for sale or lease on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, handicap or marital status, or display listings or show prospects units for sale or lease in areas of the village based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, handicap or marital status. (7) Induce housing properties transactions from which any such person may benefit financially, by representing that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the composition of the block, neighborhood or area with respect to the race, creed, color, national origin, sex, handicap or marital status of the owners or occupants in the block, neighborhood or area in which the real property is located, and represent, directly or indirectly, that this change will or may result in undesirable consequences in the block, neighborhood or area in which the real property is located, including but not limited to the physical deterioration of dwellings, the lowering of property values, an increase in criminal or antisocial behavior or a decline in the quality of schools or other facilities. B. It shall be unlawful for any real estate broker or dealer or any agent or employee of a real estate broker or dealer to influence or attempt to influence any other person who purports or represents himself to be a prospective purchaser, seller, occupant or tenant or landlord of real property to purchase, sell or rent or to refrain from purchasing, renting or selling real property by referring to the race, creed, color, national origin, sex, handicap or marital status of occupants or prospective occupants of other real property in the area. C. No bank, trust company, savings bank, savings and loan association or other lending institution, insurance company, finance company or financial services company to whom application is made for financial assistance for the purchase, acquisition, construction, improvement, repair or maintenance of housing property within the Village of Chittenango on behalf of such person shall discriminate against any applicant because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, handicap or marital status in the granting, withholding, extending or renewing or in the fixing of the amount, interest rate, duration or other terms or conditions of any such financial assistance, nor shall any such institution refuse financial assistance because such housing accommodation lies in a particular area of the village, if real property is located within the geographic area ordinarily served by such bank or within the community in which the principal or any branch office of such bank is located. For the purpose of this section, discrimination shall include refusal to make loans, differentiating in the type or terms of loans, including interest rates, charges to buyer and seller, duration and amount of loans, influencing appraisals in connection with loans or delaying of loan applications. D. No person shall aid, abet, incite, compel or coerce the doing of any of the acts forbidden hereinabove, or attempt to do so. This section may be enforced by appropriate civil actions. E. No person engaged in any of the prohibited acts as hereinabove defined shall retaliate or discriminate against any person because such person has filed a compliant, testified or assisted in any proceeding under this chapter.