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Jun 18, 2012 |
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Jun 11, 2012 |
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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Mar 03, 2011 |
referred to cities |
Assembly Bill A5986
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
KAVANAGH
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
Felix Ortiz
William Scarborough
Keith L.T. Wright
multi-Sponsors
Deborah Glick
Michelle Schimel
2011-A5986 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S434
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Rules
- Law Section:
- New York City Administrative Code
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§26-413 & 26-515, NYC Ad Cd
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A473, S3848, S748
2013-2014: A2060, S3164
2015-2016: A5740, S2803
2017-2018: A8564, S3187
2011-A5986 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that an owner or lessor of a rent controlled or rent stabilized unit who commences an action in bad faith to recover possession on the grounds that it is not occupied as the tenant's primary residence shall be liable for the tenant's court costs and attorney's fees in addition to an amount which is three times the monthly rent or actual damages.
2011-A5986 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5986 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 3, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH, GOTTFRIED, ORTIZ, SCARBOROUGH, WRIGHT, MILLMAN, KELLNER, N. RIVERA, FARRELL, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to primary residence THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 26-413 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows: F. (1) IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISION OF LAW, WHERE AN OWNER OR LESSOR SEEKS TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF A DWELLING UNIT PURSUANT TO ITEM TEN OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH TWO OF SUBDIVISION E OF SECTION 26-403 OF THIS CHAPTER, ON THE GROUND THAT THE DWELLING UNIT IS NOT OCCUPIED BY THE TENANT AS SUCH TENANT'S PRIMARY RESIDENCE, SUCH OWNER OR LESSOR SHALL COMMENCE THE ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION ONLY UPON A GOOD FAITH BELIEF THAT SUCH DWELLING UNIT IS NOT THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF SUCH TENANT. (2) IF ANY OWNER OR LESSOR COMMENCES AN ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF A DWELLING UNIT IN VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH OWNER OR LESSOR SHALL BE LIABLE TO SUCH TENANT FOR THREE TIMES THE MONTHLY RENT CHARGED SUCH TENANT, OR THREE TIMES THE DAMAGES, IF ANY, SUSTAINED BY SUCH TENANT, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, PLUS REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS AS DETERMINED BY SUCH COURT. S 2. Section 26-515 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision e to read as follows: E. (1) IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISION OF LAW, WHERE AN OWNER OR LESSOR SEEKS TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF A DWELLING UNIT PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (F) OF PARAGRAPH ONE OF SUBDIVISION A OF SECTION 26-504 OF THIS CHAPTER, ON THE GROUND THAT THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00944-01-1
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