| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to judiciary |
| Jan 08, 2015 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S1042
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
2015-S1042 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S1042 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires leases in cities with a population of one million or more to contain a rider describing the rights and duties with regards to such city's housing part of civil court; directs the office of court administration to conduct a public information program informing tenants of their rights and of the right to utilize the housing of the civil court.
2015-S1042 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1042
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the real property law, in relation to
notice of the rights and duties of owners and tenants in cities with a
population of one million or more
PROVISIONS:
Section 235-h added to the real property law directing owners of
residential real property in cities of populations of one million or
more to furnish each tenant signing a new or renewal lease with a
rider describing the rights and duties of owners and tenants in the
housing part of the civil court in such city. The new section also
directs landlords to add language to the lease alerting tenants to the
inclusion of the rider. The rider shall be a standard form to be
written by the Office of Court Administration. The Office of Court
Administration is further directed to conduct a public information
program informing tenants of their rights and of their right to
utilize the housing of the Civil Court. housing codes and regulations.
JUSTIFICATION:
Many of New York City's tenants continue to be unaware of their
substantial rights as tenants and thus are at the mercy of
unscrupulous landlords. Few tenants know how to begin the process of
dealing with a landlord in violation of the city's housing codes or
2015-S1042 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1042
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 8, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to notice of the
rights and duties of owners and tenants in cities with a population of
one million or more
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new section
235-h to read as follows:
S 235-H. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF OWNERS AND TENANTS. 1. IN CITIES WITH A
POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, EACH OWNER OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROP-
ERTY SHALL FURNISH TO EACH TENANT SIGNING A NEW OR RENEWAL LEASE, A
RIDER DESCRIBING THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF OWNERS AND TENANTS IN THE
HOUSING PART OF THE CIVIL COURT IN SUCH CITY. SUCH PUBLICATION SHALL
CONFORM TO THE INTENT OF SECTION 5-702 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW
AND SHALL BE ATTACHED AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE LEASE. UPON THE FACE OF EACH
LEASE, IN BOLD PRINT, SHALL APPEAR THE FOLLOWING: "ATTACHED TO THIS
LEASE ARE THE PERTINENT RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING TENANTS AND
LANDLORDS' RIGHTS WITH REGARDS TO THE HOUSING PART OF THE CIVIL COURT".
2. THE RIDER SHALL BE IN A FORM PROMULGATED BY THE OFFICE OF COURT
ADMINISTRATION IN LARGER TYPE THAN THE LEASE AND SHALL BE UTILIZED AS
PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
3. THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION SHALL PREPARE AND IMPLEMENT A
PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, USING THE WRITTEN MEDIA, RADIO AND TELE-
VISION, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH SHALL BE TO INFORM TENANTS OF ALL OF THEIR
RIGHTS AS TENANTS, AND OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THE HOUSING PART OF SUCH
CITY'S CIVIL COURT SHOULD THEY BE AGGRIEVED.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02223-01-5
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