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NY A02434
Bill
Status
1/19/2021
Primary Sponsor
Yuh-line Niou
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AI Summary
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Allows residential tenants forced to vacate due to willful neglect by property owners to recover treble damages through legal action or counterclaim.
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Requires property owners to relocate tenants to comparable housing in a nearby area and pay all associated moving costs.
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Defines willful neglect as improper or insufficient maintenance causing substantial deterioration and uninhabitability, including properties subject to vacate or demolition orders.
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Requires property owners to pay for storage and transportation of tenants' household goods and personal property until the tenant can return to the property.
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Excludes conditions beyond the owner's control, such as natural disasters or acts of war or terrorism, from constituting willful neglect.
Legislative Description
Relates to an action for willful neglect of residential real property and treble damages; requires landlords to finance the tenant's temporary relocation.
Last Action
referred to housing
1/5/2022