How do I handle tenant screening and background checks legally when renting out my basement unit on Facebook Marketplace in Queens?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
How do I handle tenant screening and background checks legally when renting out my basement unit on Facebook Marketplace in Queens?
7 real searches · 1 real-search pass
NYC tenant screening fair housing source of income criminal background checks landlord NYC Commission Human RightsGoogle ↗
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New York State landlord tenant background check Fair Credit Reporting Act written consent adverse action notice officialGoogle ↗
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NYC basement apartment legal occupancy DOB basement rental requirements officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDYes / no
New York City tenant screening landlord background checks Fair Chance Housing Act criminal history tenant screening 2026 NYC Commission Human RightsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
NYC landlord application fee credit check $20 tenant screening New York law FCRA FTC adverse action noticeGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
NYC Human Rights Law housing source of income discrimination landlord tenant screening criminal history guidanceGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
NYC basement apartment legal occupancy basement cellar rental rules Queens DOB HPD officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDComparison
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (7)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 7 of 7 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT7 real searches · gpt-6
NYC tenant screening fair housing source of income criminal background checks landlord NYC Commission Human Rights Google ↗
New York State landlord tenant background check Fair Credit Reporting Act written consent adverse action notice official Google ↗
NYC basement apartment legal occupancy DOB basement rental requirements official Google ↗
New York City tenant screening landlord background checks Fair Chance Housing Act criminal history tenant screening 2026 NYC Commission Human Rights Google ↗
NYC landlord application fee credit check $20 tenant screening New York law FCRA FTC adverse action notice Google ↗
NYC Human Rights Law housing source of income discrimination landlord tenant screening criminal history guidance Google ↗
NYC basement apartment legal occupancy basement cellar rental rules Queens DOB HPD official Google ↗
- NYC Department of Buildings · nyc.gov
- NYC BIS property records · a810-bisweb.nyc.gov
- NYC Fair Chance Housing Law · nyc.gov
- NYC Commission On Human Rights · nyc.gov
- New York Attorney General's Tenant Rights Guide · ag.ny.gov
- New York Real Property Law § 238-a · codes.findlaw.com
- NYC Fair Housing tenant selection guidance · nyc.gov
- NY Attorney General source-of-income protections · ag.ny.gov
- FTC – Using Consumer Reports: What Landlords Need to Know · ftc.gov
- Tenant Background Checks and Your Rights · consumer.ftc.gov
Semantic map
Every query placed by meaning (EmbeddingGemma 2, 256-d). Shaded regions are topics, nearby points are near-paraphrases, and a circle's size is how often the query came back.
Colour
SimulatedReal search
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Queries
7 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NYC tenant screening fair housing source of income criminal background checks landlord NYC Commission Human Rights OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
New York State landlord tenant background check Fair Credit Reporting Act written consent adverse action notice official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
NYC basement apartment legal occupancy DOB basement rental requirements official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Yes / no | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
New York City tenant screening landlord background checks Fair Chance Housing Act criminal history tenant screening 2026 NYC Commission Human Rights OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
NYC landlord application fee credit check $20 tenant screening New York law FCRA FTC adverse action notice OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
NYC Human Rights Law housing source of income discrimination landlord tenant screening criminal history guidance OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
NYC basement apartment legal occupancy basement cellar rental rules Queens DOB HPD official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 |