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Assembly Bill A2287

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the definition of harassment

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2025-A2287 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2542
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-2004, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9327
2017-2018: A976
2019-2020: A1849, S3436
2021-2022: A3387, S280
2023-2024: A9233, S2348

2025-A2287 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the definition of harassment.

2025-A2287 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2287
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the
   definition of harassment
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 48 of subdivision a of  section  27-2004  of  the
 administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding two new
 subparagraphs b-5 and b-6 to read as follows:
   B-5.  ILLEGAL  CONVERSION  OF ANY EXISTING FACILITIES OF ANY BUILDING,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE  SUBDIVISION  OF  ROOMS,  ERECTION  OR
 DEMOLITION  OF WALLS, OR THE MOVING OF ANY BUILDING FROM ONE LOCATION OR
 POSITION TO ANOTHER IN VIOLATION OF ANY STATE OR LOCAL  LAW,  ORDINANCE,
 CODE,  RULE,  OR  REGULATION  RELATING  TO  REAL PROPERTY, BUILDINGS, OR
 MULTIPLE DWELLINGS;
   B-6. OCCUPANCY OR USE OF DWELLING UNITS IN A CLASS A MULTIPLE DWELLING
 THAT WOULD VIOLATE SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION  FOUR  OF  THE  MULTIPLE
 DWELLING LAW;
   §  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.
                                                            LBD05724-01-5

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