S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8741
I N S E N A T E
July 13, 2020
___________
Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to establishing the
lease and landlord fraud public awareness program to promote public
awareness of the potential risks of signing a fraudulent lease with an
individual misrepresenting themselves as a landlord
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
20-a to read as follows:
§ 20-A. LEASE AND LANDLORD FRAUD PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM. 1. THE
LEASE AND LANDLORD FRAUD PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED
WITHIN THE DIVISION TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE POTENTIAL RISKS
OF SIGNING A FRAUDULENT LEASE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL MISREPRESENTING THEM-
SELVES AS A LANDLORD.
2. THE DIVISION SHALL:
A. DEVELOP A PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH CAMPAIGN INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, WRITTEN MATERIALS AND BROCHURES TO PROMOTE LEASE AND LAND-
LORD FRAUD AWARENESS AND EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON FRAUDULENT LEASES
AND INDIVIDUALS MISREPRESENTING THEMSELVES AS LANDLORDS; AND
B. DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND BROCHURES WHICH SHALL BE MADE
AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00066-04-0