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NY A02042
Bill
Status
1/23/2023
Primary Sponsor
Latrice Walker
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AI Summary
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Amends Real Property Law Section 235-b to allow courts to award punitive damages to tenants when landlords intentionally or with conscious disregard breach the warranty of habitability.
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Punitive damages are available only when breaches demonstrate intentional and malicious conduct or conscious disregard of severe risks to tenant life, health, or safety.
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Excludes tenants in multiple dwellings owned or operated by municipal housing authorities organized under Public Housing Law Article 13 from receiving punitive damages.
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Takes effect 90 days after becoming law.
Legislative Description
Provides for enhanced enforcement of the warranty of habitability for housing accommodations; provides the court may award punitive damages to a tenant upon finding the landlord's breach of warranty was intentional and malicious.
Last Action
referred to housing
1/3/2024