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NY A01336
Bill
Status
1/8/2021
Primary Sponsor
Linda Rosenthal
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AI Summary
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Requires landlords to register multiple dwellings with local code enforcement agencies before initiating eviction proceedings.
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Mandates petitions be written in plain language approved by appellate division rules and include notice of tenant rights, with form answers made available by court clerks.
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Requires petitions to disclose outstanding housing code violations, including those classified as hazardous or immediately hazardous in cities with populations over one million.
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Imposes civil penalties up to $1,000 for willful misstatements or omissions in petitions, with tenants entitled to damages up to three times eviction costs if warrant is executed based on misstatement.
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Allows courts to stay eviction proceedings, grant rent abatement, or dismiss cases when outstanding code violations exist, and requires execution officers to delay warrant execution when local social services notifies them of pending eviction prevention assistance applications.
Legislative Description
Revises proceedings to recover possession of premises located in a multiple dwelling; requires premises to be registered with the local agency responsible for code enforcement; petition shall be stated in plain language and include notice of the rights of the respondent and a statement of any outstanding code violations on the premises and whether rent payments from a public assistance office is being withheld therefor; provides civil penalties for willful misstatements on such petition.
Last Action
referred to housing
1/5/2022