Assembly Bill A5410

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 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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Bill Amendments

2019-A5410 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5342
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8605
2015-2016: A1477
2017-2018: A5555

2019-A5410 - Summary

Requires the NYC housing authority to include a notice informing a prospective tenant or current 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.

2019-A5410 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5410
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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. Section 402 of the public housing law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
   6-A.  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.
                                                            LBD09543-01-9



              

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2019-A5410A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5342
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8605
2015-2016: A1477
2017-2018: A5555

2019-A5410A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the NYC housing authority to include a notice informing a prospective tenant or current 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.

2019-A5410A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5410--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing -- recommitted to the  Committee  on  Housing  in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee

 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. Section 402 of the public housing law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
   6-A. A. THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL INCLUDE  WITH  EVERY
 LEASE  OR  RENEWAL  LEASE  OFFERED TO A PROSPECTIVE OR CURRENT TENANT, A
 SEPARATE, CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS NOTICE, IN AT LEAST SIXTEEN-POINT  BOLD-
 FACE TYPE, CONCERNING THE TENANT'S ABILITY TO ADD ADDITIONAL LEGAL OCCU-
 PANTS TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT.
   B.  UPON RECEIPT OF A TENANT'S REQUEST FOR A FORM TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL
 LEGAL OCCUPANT TO HIS OR HER LEASE AGREEMENT, THE AUTHORITY SHALL, WITH-
 IN SEVEN DAYS, PROVIDE THE TENANT WITH CLEAR INFORMATION  REGARDING  HOW
 TO  APPLY  IN PERSON OR ONLINE, ALONG WITH A NOTICE INFORMING THE TENANT
 OF THE RIGHT TO GRIEVE THE DENIAL OF ANY OCCUPANCY  PERMISSION  REQUEST.
 ANY  FORM REQUIRED BY THE AUTHORITY TO REQUEST SUCH OCCUPANCY PERMISSION
 SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AND  SUBMISSION  IN  PERSON,  ON  THE
 AUTHORITY'S WEBSITE, AND THROUGH THE AUTHORITY'S MOBILE APPLICATION.
   C. UPON RECEIPT OF A TENANT'S REQUEST TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL LEGAL OCCU-
 PANT  TO  HIS  OR  HER  LEASE AGREEMENT, THE AUTHORITY SHALL PROVIDE THE
 TENANT, IN WRITING, WITH CONFIRMATION OF  RECEIPT  OF  THE  APPLICATION,
 INFORMATION  REGARDING  HOW  THE  TENANT MAY INQUIRE AS TO THE STATUS OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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