Syracuse, N.Y., Local Laws ch. 8 § 8-3

When used in this law: 1.
In specific cases when a definition of a term was superseded by a new definition of that term in Local Law Number 2 of Onondaga County, known as the "Fair Practices Law" and passed into law in 1998, or in Article 15 of the Executive Law of the State of New York, known as the "Human Rights Law" as amended by the "Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act" (SONDA) passed into law in 2002 those definitions shall control.
2. In the context of employment, the term "unlawful discriminatory practice" shall not include the limitation of a job to persons of an actual biological sex when this criteria would be considered a "bona fide occupational qualification" for the job under state or federal law.
3. The term "person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, or receivers.
4. The term "employment agency" includes any person undertaking to procure employees or opportunities to work.
5. The term "labor organization" includes any organization which exists and is constituted for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employer concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment.
6. The term "unlawful discriminatory practice" includes only those practices specified in this law.
7. The term "employer" does not include any employer with fewer than four (4) persons in her or his employ.
8. The term "employee" in this law does not include any individual employed by her or his parents, spouse or child, or in the domestic service of any person.
9. The term "place of public accommodation, resort or amusement" shall include, except as hereinafter specified, all places included in the meaning of such terms as: Inns, taverns, road houses, hotels, motels, whether conducted for the entertainment of transient guests or for the accommodation of those seeking health, recreation or rest, or restaurants, or eating houses, or any place where food is sold for consumption on the premises: buffets, saloons, barrooms, or any store, park or enclosure where spirituous or malt liquors are sold; ice cream parlors, confectioneries, soda fountains, and all stores where ice cream, ice and fruit preparations or their derivatives, or where beverages of any kind are retailed for consumption on the premises; wholesale and retail store sand establishments dealing with goods or services of any kind, dispensaries, clinics, hospitals, bathhouses, swimming pools, laundries, and all other cleaning establishments, barber shops, beauty parlors, theatres, motion picture houses, roof gardens, music halls, race courses, skating rinks, amusement and recreation parks, trailer camps, resort camps, fairs, bowling alleys, golf courses, gymnasiums, shooting galleries, billiard and pool parlors; garages, all public conveyances operated on land or water or in the air, as well as the stations and terminals thereof; travel or tour advisory services, agencies or bureaus; public halls, and public elevators of buildings and structures occupied by two (2) or more tenants, or by the owner and one or more tenants. Such term shall not include public libraries, kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, high schools, academies, colleges and universities, extension courses, and all educational institutions under the supervision of the regents of the State of New York; and such public library, kindergarten, primary and secondary school, academy, college, university, professional school, extension course or other education facility, supported in whole or in part by public funds or by contributions solicited from the general public; or any institution, club or place of accommodation which is in its nature distinctly private.
No institution, club, organization or place of accommodation which sponsors or conducts any amateur athletic contest or sparring exhibition and advertises or bills such contest or exhibition as a New York State championship contest or uses the words "New York State" in its announcements shall be deemed a private exhibition within the meaning of this section.
10. The term "housing accommodation" includes any building, structure, or portion thereof which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied, as the home, residence or sleeping place of one or more human beings.
11. The term "publicly assisted housing accommodations" shall include all housing accommodation within the City of Syracuse in:
(a) Public housing,
(b) Housing operated by housing companies under the supervision of the commissioner of housing,
(c) Housing constructed after July 1, 1950, within the State of New York:
(1) Which is exempt in whole or in part from taxes levied by the state or any of its political subdivisions,
(2) Which is constructed on land sold below cost by the state or any of its political subdivisions or any agency thereof, pursuant to the Federal Housing Act of 1949,
(3) Which is constructed in whole or in part on property acquired or assembled by the state or any of its political subdivisions or any agency thereof through the power of condemnation or otherwise for the purpose of such construction, or
(4) For the acquisition, construction, repair or maintenance of which the state or any of its political subdivisions or any agency thereof supplies funds or other financial assistance;
(d) Housing which is located in a multiple dwelling, the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of which is, after July 1, 1955, financed in whole or in part by a loan, whether or not secured by a mortgage, the repayment of which is guaranteed or insured by the federal government or any agency thereof, or the state or any of its political subdivisions or any agency thereof, provided that such a housing accommodation shall be deemed to be publicly assisted only during the life of such loan and such guaranty or insurance; and
(e) Housing which is offered for sale by a person who owns or otherwise controls the sale of ten (10) or more housing accommodations located on land that is contiguous (exclusive of public streets), if:
(1) The acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of such housing accommodations is, after July 1, 1955, financed in whole or in part by a loan, whether or not secured by a mortgage, the repayment of which is guaranteed or insured by the federal government or any agency thereof, or the state or any of its political subdivisions or any agency thereof, provided that such a housing accommodation shall be deemed to be publicly assisted only during the life of such loan and guaranty or insurance, or
(2) A commitment, issued by a government agency after July 1, 1955, is outstanding that acquisition of such housing accommodations may be financed in whole or in part by a loan, whether or not secured by a mortgage, the repayment of which is guaranteed or insured by the federal government or any agency thereof, or the state or any of its political subdivisions or any agency thereof.
12. The term "multiple dwelling," as herein used, means a dwelling which is occupied, as a rule, for permanent residence purposes and which is either rented, leased, let or hired out, to be occupied as the residence or home of three (3) or more families living independently of each other.
A "multiple dwelling" shall not be deemed to include a hospital, convent, monastery, asylum or public institution, or a fireproof building used wholly for commercial purposes except for not more than one janitor's apartment and not more than one penthouse occupied by not more than two (2) families. The term "family," as used herein, means either a person occupying a dwelling and maintaining a household, with not more than four (4) boarders, roomers or lodgers, or two (2) or more persons occupying a dwelling, living together and maintaining a common household, with not more than four (4) boarders, roomers or lodgers. A "boarder," "roomer" or "lodger" residing with a family means a person living within the household who pays a consideration for such a residence and does not occupy such space within the household as an incident of employment therein.
13. The term "commercial space" means any space in a building, structure, or portion thereof which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied for the manufacture, sale, resale, processing, reprocessing, displaying, storing, handling, garaging or distribution of personal property; and any space which is used or occupied, or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied as a separate business or professional unit or office in any building, structure or portion thereof.
14. The term "real estate broker" means any person, firm or corporation, who, for another and for a fee, commission or other valuable consideration, list for sale, sells, at auction or otherwise, exchanges, buys or rents, or offers or attempts to negotiate a sale, at auction or otherwise, exchange, purchase or rental of an estate or interest in real estate, or collects or offers or attempts to collect rent for the use of real estate, or negotiates, or offers or attempts to negotiate, a loan secured or to be secured by a mortgage or other encumbrance upon or transfer of real estate. In the sale of lots pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-a of the Real Property Law, the term "real estate broker" shall also include any person, partnership, association or corporation employed by or on behalf of the owner or owners of lots or other parcels of real estate, at a stated salary, or upon a commission, or upon a salary and commission, or otherwise, to sell such real estate, or any parts thereof, in lots or other parcels, and who shall sell or exchange, or offer or attempt or agree to negotiate the sale or exchange, of any such lot or parcel of real estate.
15. The term "real estate salesman" means a person employed by a licensed real estate broker to list for sale, sell or offer for sale, at auction or otherwise, to buy or offer to buy or to negotiate the purchase or sale or exchange of real estate, or to negotiate a loan on real estate, or to lease or rent or offer to lease, rent or place for rent any real estate, or who collects or offers or attempts to collect rent for the use of real estate for or on behalf of such real estate broker.
16. The term "discrimination" shall include segregation and separation.
17. Sexual or affectional preference or orientation shall mean heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality.
18. Gender identity or expression shall mean transgender status or identity, actual or perceived gender identity, or gender-related appearance, behavior, mannerisms, or other characteristics of an individual, with or without regard to the individual's assigned sex at birth.
19. The term "lawful source of income" includes payments from a lawful occupation or employment, as well as other lawful payments including, but not limited to, any form of state, federal or local public assistance, income derived from social security, pensions, annuities, state or federal disability programs or benefits, child support, alimony, foster care subsidies, unemployment benefits, disability or unemployment insurance, veteran's benefits, government subsidies such as Housing Choice Vouchers (also referred to as "Section 8 Vouchers") or other housing subsidies. The term "lawful source of income" shall include payments to, or on behalf of, the head of household, or to, or on behalf of, any of the members of their household who will be listed on the lease as residents living in the dwelling unit with the head of household, or any combination of such payments.