Assembly Bill A1652

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires contact information of landlords and land owners to be furnished to tenants

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2019-A1652 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5182
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add §235-h, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A5738, S4847
2021-2022: S633

2019-A1652 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires contact information of landlords and land owners to be furnished to tenants.

2019-A1652 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1652
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN  ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to requiring contact
   information of landlords to be furnished to tenants
 
   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. CONTACT INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED TO TENANT.  EVERY  TENANT
 SHALL  RECEIVE AT THE START OF THE TENANCY A WRITTEN DOCUMENT CONTAINING
 THE MOST CURRENT NAME, VALID PHONE NUMBER, AND ADDRESS ABLE TO  BE  USED
 BY  THE  TENANT TO DIRECTLY CONTACT THE LANDLORD AND, IF THE PROPERTY IS
 OWNED BY A THIRD PARTY SUCH AS A LIMITED LIABILITY  COMPANY,  THE  THIRD
 PARTY  THAT HOLDS THE TITLE TO THE PROPERTY THAT IS BEING LEASED. IF ANY
 OF THE CONTACT INFORMATION FURNISHED BECOMES INACCURATE, A WRITTEN DOCU-
 MENT SHALL BE PROVIDED TO EVERY TENANT WITH THE UPDATED CONTACT INFORMA-
 TION WITHIN THREE DAYS OF THE ACQUISITION OF THE  NEW  CONTACT  INFORMA-
 TION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04830-01-9

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.