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NY A10028
Bill
Status
5/1/2024
Primary Sponsor
Linda Rosenthal
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AI Summary
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Amends the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 to protect tenants who temporarily left their units due to COVID-19 health impacts between March 12, 2020 and January 1, 2022.
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Deems senior citizens or disabled persons (as defined in 9 NYCRR 2520.6) who left units during the specified period due to COVID-19 health impacts and assert intent to return as still occupying their primary residence.
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Prevents landlords from initiating eviction proceedings against such tenants on grounds that the unit is not their primary residence.
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Updates language throughout the section to use gender-neutral terms ("such tenant's" instead of "his or her").
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Provides that a tenant who has left a residential dwelling unit between the dates of March 12, 2020 and January 1, 2022 due to the health impacts of COVID-19 in the city of New York, who is a senior citizen or disabled person, and who asserts an intent to return to the housing accommodation shall be deemed to be occupying the unit as such tenant's residence.
Last Action
referred to housing
5/1/2024