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NY A07024
Bill
Status
4/20/2015
Primary Sponsor
Felix Ortiz
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AI Summary
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Amends Mental Hygiene Law Section 41.33 to explicitly state that no landlord-tenant relationship exists between community residence operators and residents.
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Adds new provisions to Mental Hygiene Law Sections 41.41 and 41.44 clarifying that operators of community residences and their residents do not have a landlord-tenant relationship.
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Creates new Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law Section 713-B establishing that discharge of residents or termination of residency agreements must follow procedures set by the Office of Mental Health or Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, not landlord-tenant law.
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Defines "community residence" as facilities for mentally disabled or mentally ill individuals as specified in Mental Hygiene Law Section 1.03.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Relates to the discharge of residents of a community residence; provides that nothing shall be deemed construed as creating a relationship of landlord and tenant between an operator of a community residence and a resident; defines community residence.
Last Action
referred to mental health
1/6/2016