assembly Bill A2065

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Eliminates unreasonable fees levied on tenants for reproductions of keys

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S3666 - Signed by Governor

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    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Aug 02, 2021 signed chap.345
Jul 21, 2021 delivered to governor
May 04, 2021 returned to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading cal.248
substituted for a2065
May 04, 2021 substituted by s3666
Apr 29, 2021 advanced to third reading cal.248
Apr 27, 2021 reported
Jan 14, 2021 referred to housing

Votes

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Apr 19, 2021 - floor Vote

S3666
47
16
floor
47
Aye
16
Nay
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: Apr 19, 2021

aye (47)
nay (16)

Mar 23, 2021 - Judiciary committee Vote

S3666
11
2
committee
11
Aye
2
Nay
2
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Committee Vote: Mar 23, 2021

aye (11)
nay (2)
aye wr (2)

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A2065 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3666
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add §235-i, RP L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A8068, S5683

A2065 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates unreasonable fees levied on tenants for reproductions of keys by preventing landlords from charging tenants more than 110% of the actual cost for the reproduction of such keys.

A2065 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2065
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CRUZ, DICKENS, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, NIOU, SIMON,
   PICHARDO, L. ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  SAYEGH  --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to eliminating unrea-
   sonable fees levied on tenants for reproductions of keys

   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-i to read as follows:
   §  235-I. UNREASONABLE TENANT FEES FOR REPRODUCTIONS OF KEYS.  A LAND-
 LORD SHALL NOT CHARGE A TENANT A FEE FOR THE REPRODUCTION OF KEYS  TO  A
 SINGLE  DWELLING GREATER THAN ONE HUNDRED TEN PERCENT OF THE ACTUAL COST
 OF REPRODUCTION, PROVIDED SUCH LIMITATION SHALL NOT APPLY  IF  A  TENANT
 REQUIRES  THE REPRODUCTION OF KEYS FOR A SINGLE DWELLING MORE THAN THREE
 TIMES IN A CALENDAR YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06164-01-1