Assembly Bill A5555

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the NYC housing authority to include a notice informing a prospective tenant or tenant of the ability to add legal occupants to the lease or renewal lease

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A5555 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8605
2015-2016: A1477
2019-2020: A5410

2017-A5555 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the NYC housing authority to include a notice informing a prospective tenant or tenant of the ability to add legal occupants to the lease or renewal lease and to provide a form to add the additional legal occupants.

2017-A5555 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5555
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation  to  requiring  that
   the  New  York  city  housing  authority  include a notice informing a
   prospective tenant or tenant of the ability to add legal occupants  to
   the lease or renewal lease, and provide, upon request, a tenant with a
   form to add additional legal occupants
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 7, 8 and 9 of section 402 of the public  hous-
 ing law, subdivision 8 as renumbered by chapter 467 of the laws of 1971,
 are renumbered subdivisions 8, 9 and 10 and a new subdivision 7 is added
 to read as follows:
   7.  A.  THE  NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL INCLUDE, ALONG WITH
 EVERY LEASE OR RENEWAL LEASE OFFERED TO A PROSPECTIVE TENANT OR  CURRENT
 TENANT,  A  SEPARATE, CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS NOTICE, IN AT LEAST SIXTEEN-
 POINT BOLDFACE TYPE, CONCERNING THE TENANT'S ABILITY TO  ADD  ADDITIONAL
 LEGAL OCCUPANTS TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT.
   B.  UPON RECEIPT OF A TENANT'S REQUEST FOR A FORM TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL
 LEGAL OCCUPANT, THE AUTHORITY SHALL,  WITHIN  SEVEN  DAYS,  PROVIDE  THE
 TENANT  WITH  THE  APPROPRIATE  FORM,  ALONG WITH A NOTICE INFORMING THE
 TENANT OF THE RIGHT TO CONTEST THE DENIAL OF  ANY  OCCUPANCY  PERMISSION
 REQUEST.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09575-01-7

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