Montebello, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 81 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 81-1

A. The Village Board hereby finds and declares that acts of prejudice, intolerance, bigotry and discrimination which deny a person the opportunity to sell, purchase, lease, rent or obtain financing for the purchase or lease of housing accommodations because of race, sex, creed, color or national origin, or sexual orientation threatens the fundamental rights and privileges of citizens of the United States and the inhabitants of the Village of Montebello, and undermines the foundations of a free democratic society. The Village Board further declares it to be in the public policy of the Village of Montebello to safeguard the right of every person to sell, purchase, lease, rent or obtain financing for the purchase of or lease of housing accommodations without regard to race, sex, creed, color or national origin, or sexual orientation. B. The Village Board further declares it to be the public policy of the Village of Montebello to require that every department or other agency of the Village which may be involved in any public construction program which could involve the removal of persons from their present housing accommodations and their relocation elsewhere, or which endeavors to implement any public or publicly assisted or public-approved housing or relocation plan, promote the elimination of segregation in housing within the Village. C. In accordance with this policy, it shall be the duty of all Village officers, officials and employees to exercise appropriate governmental functions relating to the use, sale or occupancy of real property or housing accommodations in such a manner, consistent with law, that all patterns of segregated housing existing in the Village be eliminated and that the creation of any such patterns be prevented to the extent that such a result can be achieved by such action.