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New York senators have approved a bill to expand housing protections for registered medical marijuana patients, aiming to prevent evictions based solely on their lawful use of cannabis.
While the state’s marijuana laws already include anti-discrimination protections for legal consumers, the bill from Sen. James Sanders (D) would explicitly codify that landlords cannot evict tenants for using cannabis as registered patients. It cleared the Senate Standing Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development on Monday.
The legislation states that a “tenant shall not be removed from possession of a residential unit pursuant to this article because of such person’s certified medical use of medical marihuana.”
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New York Senators Approve Bill Protecting Medical Marijuana Patients From Eviction
