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2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 10, 2017
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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