Assembly Bill A3611

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring leases in N.Y. city to contain a rider concerning the rights and duties with regards to the housing part of court

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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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2019-A3611 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add §235-h, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A3909
2013-2014: A6711
2015-2016: A8492
2017-2018: A5152

2019-A3611 (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 the 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 part of the civil court.

2019-A3611 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3611
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred 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:
   § 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.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD08255-01-9

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