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NY A00879
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Linda Rosenthal
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AI Summary
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Requires landlords of rent-regulated units (covered by the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 or Rent Stabilization Law of 1969) to use standardized forms created by the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) when requesting additional information from tenants seeking to sublet
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Limits landlords to asking only questions provided on the DHCR-promulgated forms, restricting their ability to request arbitrary additional information during the sublet approval process
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Mandates DHCR to create and publish the required forms within 30 days of the law taking effect
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Requires DHCR to develop different form versions to accommodate varying sublet standards under different applicable housing laws and codes
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Applies to sublease requests mailed to landlords on or after the date DHCR publishes the standardized forms
Legislative Description
Requires the division of housing and community renewal to promulgate forms which a landlord of a rent regulated unit in a building with four or more such units shall be required to use when requesting additional information from a tenant who has made a request to sublet.
Last Action
referred to housing
1/7/2026