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Apr 28, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S4997
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development 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
2015-S4997 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
- Law Section:
- New York City Administrative Code
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง27-2115, NYC Ad Cd
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
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2015-S4997 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes criminal penalties for the breach of an owner's duty to refrain from harassment of tenants and adds increased civil penalties and criminal penalties for harassment of a tenant who suffers from a mental illness and requires the division of housing and community renewal and the district attorney's office to collaborate on proceedings involving such violations.
2015-S4997 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4997 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to authorizing criminal penalties for the breach of an owner's duty to refrain from harassment of tenants and requiring the division of housing and community renewal and the district attorney's office to collaborate on proceedings involving such violations PURPOSE: Authorizes criminal penalties for the breach of an owner's duty to refrain from harassment of tenants. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 Paragraphs 2 and 6 of subdivision (m) section 272115 of the administrative code of the city of New York, paragraph 2 as amended and paragraph 6 as added by local law number 47 of the city of New York for the year 2014, are amended and a new paragraph 7 is added to read as follows: (2) If a court of competent jurisdiction finds that conduct in violation of subdivision d of section 27-2005 of this chapter has occurred, it may determine that a class c violation existed at the time that such conduct occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such court may also issue an order restraining the owner of
2015-S4997 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4997 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 28, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to authorizing criminal penalties for the breach of an owner's duty to refrain from harassment of tenants and requiring the division of housing and community renewal and the district attorney's office to collaborate on proceedings involving such violations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs 2 and 6 of subdivision (m) of section 27-2115 of the administrative code of the city of New York, paragraph 2 as amended and paragraph 6 as added by local law number 47 of the city of New York for the year 2014, are amended and a new paragraph 7 is added to read as follows: (2) If a court of competent jurisdiction finds that conduct in violation of subdivision d of section 27-2005 of this chapter has occurred, it may determine that a class c violation existed at the time that such conduct occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such court may also issue an order restraining the owner of the property from violating such subdivision and direct the owner to ensure that no further violation occurs, in accordance with section 27-2121 of this chapter. Such court shall impose a civil penalty in an amount not less than one thousand dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars AND MAY IMPOSE A CRIMINAL PENALTY OF NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR NOR MORE THAN FOUR YEARS IMPRISONMENT for each dwelling unit in which a tenant or any person lawfully entitled to occupancy of such unit has been the subject of such violation, and such other relief as the court deems appropriate, provided that where a petitioner establishes that there was a previous finding of a violation of subdivision d of section 27-2005 OF THIS CHAP- TER against such owner and such finding was made (i) within the preced- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10578-02-5
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