Assembly Bill A4789

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to landlord's proposed rental amenity changes and increased rent

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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-A4789 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1024
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §226-a, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6882, S8213
2017-2018: A4399, S1217

2019-A4789 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to landlord's proposed rental amenity changes and increased rent.

2019-A4789 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4789
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BLAKE, BARRON, COOK, GOTTFRIED, HYNDMAN, MOSLEY,
   ORTIZ, SEAWRIGHT, TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend  the  real  property  law,  in  relation  to  landlord's
   proposed rental amenity changes and increased rent

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 226-a of the real property law, as added by chapter
 76 of the laws of 1959 and renumbered by chapter  107  of  the  laws  of
 1975, is amended to read as follows:
   §  226-a.  Effect  of  new  lease  on tenant's right to remove OR DENY
 fixtures or improvements. 1. Unless otherwise expressly agreed, where  a
 tenant  has a right to remove fixtures or improvements, such right shall
 not be lost or impaired by reason of his acceptance of a  new  lease  of
 the same premises without any surrender of possession between terms.
   2.  TENANTS  SHALL  HAVE THE OPTION TO DECLINE PROPOSED RENTAL AMENITY
 CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY THE LANDLORDS SO LONG AS THE AMENITY CHANGES  ARE
 NOT  ESSENTIAL  TO  THE FOUNDATION AND FUNCTION OF THE BUILDING, SUCH AS
 HEATING, SUPPORT, PLUMBING, ETC. AND THE  CHANGES  WOULD  RESULT  IN  AN
 INCREASE IN RENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06779-01-9

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