NY A01737

Authorizes courts to impose civil penalties up to $500 per violation against landlords who include provisions in residential leases that are prohibited under state or local law and therefore void or unenforceable

Allows the Attorney General to seek penalties on behalf of the state, with collected fines payable to the municipality where the property is located

Grants the NYC Commissioner of Housing and Community Renewal authority to impose the same $500 maximum penalty through administrative hearings for lease violations in New York City

Penalties imposed administratively in NYC can be docketed and enforced as a supreme court judgment after the period for judicial review expires

Takes effect immediately, with NYC-specific provisions expiring on the same date as the city's rent stabilization law