Compliance
Fair Housing & Standardized Operating Procedure
New York’s fair housing rules exist so that every buyer, seller, and renter is treated the same way. Here is what the law requires, and how we work.
Our commitment
The Miller Markowicz Team is committed to the letter and the spirit of the federal Fair Housing Act, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law. We serve every client and customer on equal terms. We do not steer buyers toward or away from neighborhoods, we do not screen inquiries by any protected characteristic, and we present every offer we receive to our sellers.
Andreea Miller is a Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker and Steven Markowicz is a Licensed Real Estate Salesperson, both licensed in New York State and affiliated with The Corcoran Group, 590 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022.
New York State Housing and Anti-Discrimination Notice
New York regulation 19 NYCRR 175.28requires every licensed real estate broker and salesperson to provide the New York State Department of State’s Housing and Anti-Discrimination Notice (February 2025 revision) to prospective buyers, sellers, and renters, and to post it on any website they maintain. The full notice is linked below.
In plain English: under the New York State Human Rights Law it is illegal for anyone involved in the sale, rental, or financing of housing to discriminate against you on the basis of:
- Race
- Creed
- Color
- National origin
- Sexual orientation
- Gender identity or expression
- Military status
- Sex
- Age
- Disability
- Marital status
- Lawful source of income
- Familial status
New York law also protects status as a victim of domestic violence and citizenship or immigration status. Federal law separately protects race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, and disability, and the New York City Human Rights Law adds further protections including lawful occupation and partnership status. The linked notice below is the controlling list. If you believe you have experienced housing discrimination, you can file a complaint with the New York State Division of Human Rights, the New York State Department of State’s Division of Licensing Services, or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The notice below explains how.
Standardized Operating Procedure (NY RPL § 442-h)
Section 442-h of the New York Real Property Law requires every licensed real estate broker to adopt, publish, and file with the Department of State a written Standardized Operating Procedure for the sale of residential real property. The statute specifically requires the procedure to state whether a prospective homebuyer must:
- show identification before touring a property;
- sign an exclusive brokerage agreement with the firm; and
- provide a mortgage pre-approval before being shown a property.
The purpose of the rule is transparency: every prospective buyer should know the same requirements in advance, and those requirements must be applied uniformly rather than case by case. Because we are licensed with The Corcoran Group, the brokerage’s filed Standardized Operating Procedure is the one that governs our work — read it below.
Documents
The authoritative documents, in full:
Accessibility
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Questions
Email amiller@corcoran.com or steven.markowicz@corcoran.com, or use our contact page. This page is a plain-language summary for convenience; the linked documents and the statutes and regulations they cite control.