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Senate Bill S9575

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the recovery of attorneys fees in certain summary proceedings between a cooperative housing corporation and a shareholder or occupant of such corporation

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2025-S9575 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10799
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §702, RPAP L

2025-S9575 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that fees may be sought in certain summary proceedings between a cooperative housing corporation and a shareholder or occupant when the lease or occupancy agreement provides for the recovery of fees, legal fees, charges, surcharges, penalties, or assessments other than rent.

2025-S9575 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9575 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9575
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real  property  actions and proceedings law, in
   relation to the  recovery  of  fees  in  certain  summary  proceedings
   between  a  cooperative housing corporation and a shareholder or occu-
   pant of such corporation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 702 of the real property actions
 and proceedings law, as added by chapter 789 of the  laws  of  2021,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2.  This  section shall not apply to a summary proceeding in which the
 parties are a cooperative housing corporation[, other than a cooperative
 housing corporation subject to the provisions of  article  two,  article
 four, article five or article eleven of the private housing finance law,
 and  a  tenant  who is] AND A SHAREHOLDER OR OCCUPANT OF a dwelling unit
 [owner or shareholder] of such corporation, provided that  the  proprie-
 tary lease or occupancy agreement between the cooperative housing corpo-
 ration and the [tenant] SHAREHOLDER OR OCCUPANT provides for fees, LEGAL
 FEES,  charges,  SURCHARGES, penalties or assessments other than rent to
 be recoverable in such a proceeding.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15336-01-6

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