[akgerber]

I don't think the people requesting her information are landlords so much as leaseholders whose home she would be subletting, and they are concerned about subletting to someone who would destroy all of their property.

Standard New York landlords who are leasing empty apartments as a business just run a credit check— they'd probably exposing themselves to problems under fair housing laws if they asked for much more.

[brixon]

Agreed, renting an apartment is a business (most of the time), but subletting is a personal transaction. A business cannot discriminate outside of ability to pay the requested cost for the service/product. An individual can discriminate all day long. Where I used to live you were not a business if you had 3 or fewer rentals, but you were a business with 4+ rentals.