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OPINION AND ORDER   Plaintiff Peter Thompson formerly resided in an apartment provided by Defendant CRF-Cluster Model Program, LLC, a private entity associated with the Children’s Rescue Fund that provides housing to homeless families. Plaintiff claims that, while he resided in the apartment, Defendant demanded that he provide sensitive personal information; failed to take adequate safeguards to protect that information; discriminated against Plaintiff due to his race, disability, and familial status; and failed to provide Plaintiff with a reasonable accommodation that he needed due to his disability. In response, Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, brings this action. The Third Amended Complaint, the operative pleading in this case, asserts claims under: (i) 42 U.S.C. §1983; (ii) §7704 of the New York State Education Law, N.Y. Educ. Law §7704 (the “Education Law”); (iii) the New York State Personal Privacy Protection Law, N.Y. Pub. Off. Law §§91-99 (the “PPPL”); (iv) the New York State Social Security Number Protection Law, N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law §399-ddd (the “SSN Protection Law”); (v) Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§12181-12189 (the “ADA”); (vi) the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §3604 (the “FHA”); (vii) the New York State Human Rights Law, N.Y. Exec. Law §§290-97 (the “NYSHRL”); (viii) the New York City Human Rights Law, N.Y.C. Admin. Code §§8-107 to 8-131 (the “NYCHRL”); and (ix) §504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §794. Before the Court now is Defendant’s motion to dismiss the first eight of these nine causes of action pursuant to Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.1 For the reasons set forth in the remainder of this Opinion, Defendant’s motion to dismiss is granted in part and denied in part. Plaintiff’s claims brought under the Education Law, the PPPL, the SSN Protection Law, and the ADA are dismissed. Plaintiff’s claims brought under §1983, the FHA, the NYSHRL, the NYCHRL, and the Rehabilitation Act survive. BACKGROUND2 A. Factual Background Plaintiff is a Black man and the father of two adolescent children. (TAC

121-22, 141-42, 146). For a period of time between 2017 and 2019, Plaintiff and his family were homeless. (See generally id.). On August 19, 2017, Plaintiff signed an agreement that gave a “blanket release of all information” to the New York City Department of Homeless Services (“DHS”). (Id. at 51). On September 23, 2017, Plaintiff and his family began to live in an apartment (the “Apartment”) in a building in the Bronx (the “Building”), which apartment was provided as temporary housing by Defendant. (Id. at 49). From September 2017 through June 2019, Defendant’s employees repeatedly asked Plaintiff to provide certain private information, including his family’s financial statements, social security award letters, school records, and medical records. (TAC 55). Plaintiff alleges that those employees had no right to ask him to provide this private information. (Id. at

 
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