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Senate Bill S10205

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to publishing materials regarding a landlord's duty to provide certain housing accommodations

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2025-S10205 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Aging
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add §227-g, RP L

2025-S10205 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the division of housing and community renewal, in consultation with the office for the aging and the division of human rights to develop educational materials regarding property owner's legal responsibilities to provide accessible housing accommodations.

2025-S10205 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10205
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 5, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
   division  of  housing  and community renewal, in consultation with the
   office for the aging and the  division  of  human  rights  to  develop
   educational  materials  regarding  property owner's legal responsibil-
   ities to provide accessible housing accommodations
 
   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
 227-g to read as follows:
   § 227-G. LANDLORD ACCESSIBILITY  EDUCATION.  1.  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 HOUSING  AND  COMMUNITY RENEWAL, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE FOR THE
 AGING AND THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SHALL  DEVELOP  AND  MAINTAIN  A
 STANDARDIZED  SET  OF  EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND RESOURCES FOR LANDLORDS
 AND PROPERTY OWNERS REGARDING THEIR LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY AND OBLIGATIONS
 TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR LESSEES AND TENANTS WHO
 ARE SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, AND/OR WHO  HAVE  A  DISABILITY  AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   2.  SUCH  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIALS  AND RESOURCES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO:
   (A) A LANDLORD OR PROPERTY OWNER'S  RESPONSIBILITY  FOR  PROVIDING  OR
 PERMITTING  ACCESSIBLE HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR SENIOR AND/OR DISABLED
 TENANTS OR LESSEES UNDER SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX OF THE EXECUTIVE
 LAW;
   (B) GUIDANCE ON THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  COMMON
 ACCESSIBILITY MODIFICATIONS; AND
   (C)  THE AVERAGE COSTS FOR COMMON RETROFITTING PROJECTS, INCLUDING BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, THE INSTALLATION OF SHOWER GRAB BARS, WHEELCHAIR  LIFTS,
 WHEELCHAIR RAMPS, AND LOWERED LIGHT SWITCHES.
   3. THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL MAKE THE EDUCA-
 TIONAL  MATERIALS  DEVELOPED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION ACCESSIBLE TO THE
 PUBLIC ON ITS WEBPAGE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15507-02-6

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