Suffolk County Human Rights Law: Military and Veteran Status

Suffolk County's Human Rights Law protects current military status throughout, and since 2015 bars discrimination in housing and real estate because of veteran status, for any veteran whose discharge was other than dishonorable.

Also called: discrimination, Human Rights Commission, veteran status, military status, Suffolk County Code 528-6, housing.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Suffolk County, NYCounty

Chapter 528 of the Suffolk County Code is the County's Human Rights Law, alongside the State Human Rights Law. Current service. "Group identity", the list of protected traits used throughout the chapter, includes "the actual military status of any individual": participation in the armed forces, the Army or Air National Guard, the New York Naval Militia or the New York Guard. Past service. Local Law 3 of 2015 added "veteran status", past military service "with a discharge status other than dishonorable", to the housing and real estate provisions, so a landlord, seller, broker or lender in the County cannot refuse, steer or set different terms because someone is a veteran. The County definition reaches a general or other than honorable discharge; only a dishonorable discharge falls outside it. How to complain. Contact the Suffolk County Human Rights Commission, or file with the State Division of Human Rights, which protects military status statewide.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Suffolk County Human Rights Law: Military and Veteran Status
Gate	Rule
Current service, or past service with a discharge other than dishonorable	No rating is needed.

Sources

Suffolk County Code, section 528-6, Definitions (eCode360)Mirror

Updated

Last updated 2026-10-02.

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