Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Dec 20, 2019 |
signed chap.694 |
Dec 17, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 19, 2019 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1063 substituted for s4281a |
Jun 17, 2019 |
committed to rules returned to senate repassed assembly |
Jun 13, 2019 |
amended on third reading 4267a |
Jun 13, 2019 |
vote reconsidered - restored to third reading returned to assembly recalled from senate |
May 14, 2019 |
referred to judiciary delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 09, 2019 |
advanced to third reading cal.293 |
May 07, 2019 |
reported |
Apr 30, 2019 |
reported referred to codes |
Feb 01, 2019 |
referred to housing |
Assembly Bill A4267A
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
HEVESI
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Steven Englebright
Linda Rosenthal
Aileen Gunther
Carmen E. Arroyo
2019-A4267 - Details
2019-A4267 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4267 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 1, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, ENGLEBRIGHT, L. ROSENTHAL, GUNTHER, ARROYO, ROZIC, LAVINE, GIGLIO, D'URSO, GALEF, JOYNER, SIMON, RIVERA, TAYLOR, HUNTER, SEAWRIGHT, BICHOTTE, MOSLEY, NIOU, ORTIZ, BARRON, WILLIAMS, RICHARDSON, GOTTFRIED, EPSTEIN, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to the termination of a residential lease by a victim of domestic violence; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 227-c of the real property law is REPEALED and a new section 227-c is added to read as follows: § 227-C. TERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL LEASE BY VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 1. LEASE OR RENTAL AGREEMENT. IN ANY LEASE OR RENTAL AGREE- MENT COVERING PREMISES OCCUPIED FOR DWELLING PURPOSES, WHERE A TENANT OR A MEMBER OF THE TENANT'S HOUSEHOLD IS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS DEFINED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW AND REASONABLY FEARS REMAINING IN THE LEASEHOLD PREMISES BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL FURTHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SUCH TENANT SHALL BE PERMITTED TO TERMINATE SUCH LEASE OR RENTAL AGREEMENT AND QUIT AND SURRENDER POSSESSION OF THE LEASEHOLD PREMISES AND THE LAND SO LEASED OR OCCUPIED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND TO BE RELEASED FROM ANY LIABILITY TO PAY TO THE LESSOR OR OWNER, RENT OR OTHER PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF RENT FOR THE TIME SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE OF TERMINATION OF SUCH LEASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. 2. LEASE TERMINATION PROCEDURE. (A) A TENANT WHO MEETS THE REQUIRE- MENTS IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION MAY TERMINATE HIS OR HER LEASE BY NOTICE IN WRITING DELIVERED TO THE LESSOR OR OWNER OF THE PREMISES OCCUPIED BY SUCH PERSON, OR TO THE LESSOR'S OR OWNER'S AGENT, AND TO ANY CO-TENANTS OF SUCH LESSEE OR TENANT OTHER THAN THE PERPETRATOR OF DOMES- TIC VIOLENCE. THE NOTICE SHALL SPECIFY THE TERMINATION DATE WHICH SHALL EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
Steven Englebright
Linda Rosenthal
Aileen Gunther
Carmen E. Arroyo
2019-A4267A (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A4267A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4267--A Cal. No. 293 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 1, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, ENGLEBRIGHT, L. ROSENTHAL, GUNTHER, ARROYO, ROZIC, LAVINE, GIGLIO, D'URSO, GALEF, JOYNER, SIMON, RIVERA, TAYLOR, HUNTER, SEAWRIGHT, BICHOTTE, MOSLEY, NIOU, ORTIZ, BARRON, WILLIAMS, RICHARDSON, GOTTFRIED, EPSTEIN, WRIGHT, BLAKE, McDONALD, WALCZYK, BUTTENSCHON, WALLACE, CRUZ, REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- advanced to a third reading, passed by Assembly and deliv- ered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to the termination of a residential lease by a victim of domestic violence; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 227-c of the real property law is REPEALED and a new section 227-c is added to read as follows: § 227-C. TERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL LEASE BY VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 1. LEASE OR RENTAL AGREEMENT. IN ANY LEASE OR RENTAL AGREE- MENT COVERING PREMISES OCCUPIED FOR DWELLING PURPOSES, WHERE A TENANT OR A MEMBER OF THE TENANT'S HOUSEHOLD IS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS DEFINED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW AND REASONABLY FEARS REMAINING IN THE LEASEHOLD PREMISES BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL FURTHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SUCH TENANT SHALL BE PERMITTED TO TERMINATE SUCH LEASE OR RENTAL AGREEMENT AND QUIT AND SURRENDER POSSESSION OF THE LEASEHOLD PREMISES AND THE LAND SO LEASED OR OCCUPIED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND TO BE RELEASED FROM ANY LIABILITY TO PAY TO THE LESSOR OR OWNER, RENT OR OTHER PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF RENT FOR THE TIME SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE OF TERMINATION OF SUCH LEASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.