| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2025 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S3215
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 27th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
2025-S3215 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §241.05, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
-
S9396
2025-S3215 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3215
SPONSOR: KAVANAGH
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to preventing the harassment
of a rent regulated tenant
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would grant rebuttable presumption on owners' intent to vacate
in tenant harassment cases in criminal proceedings if they engage in
certain activities.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends the first undesignated paragraph of Section 241.05 of
the Penal Law to provide for a presumption that an owner intends to
vacate a dwelling unit if they commit the conduct listed in subdivision
2 of Section 241.05: impairing the habitability of a housing accommo-
dation, creating or maintaining a condition which endangers the safety
or health of tenants, or interfering or disturbing the peace and comfort
2025-S3215 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3215
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 24, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to preventing the harassment
of a rent regulated tenant
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The first undesignated paragraph of section 241.05 of the
penal law, as amended by chapter 573 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
read as follows:
[The] THERE SHALL BE A PRESUMPTION THAT A COURSE OF CONDUCT AS
DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION WAS INTENDED TO CAUSE SUCH
PERSONS TO VACATE SUCH DWELLING UNITS OR TO SURRENDER OR WAIVE ANY
RIGHTS IN RELATION TO SUCH OCCUPANCY. HOWEVER, THE good faith commence-
ment and pursuit of a lawful eviction action by an owner against a rent
regulated tenant in a court of competent jurisdiction shall not, by
itself, constitute a "systematic ongoing course of conduct" in violation
of paragraph (c) of subdivision two of this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06945-01-5
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