NY A08454

Creates a "Tenants' Bill of Rights" consolidating existing tenant protections including the right to habitable premises, freedom from landlord retaliation, ability to form tenant groups, notice of rent increases or non-renewal, and protections regarding security deposits

Requires landlords to attach a copy of the Tenants' Bill of Rights to every written lease and provide it to tenants at lease signing, or at the time of agreement for oral leases

Mandates buildings with more than six rental units post a notice of tenant rights at the front entrance or another location readily accessible to tenants

Applies to written and oral residential leases including subsidized, rent-regulated, and rent-stabilized units

Exempts owner-occupied buildings with six or fewer units, hotels/motels (unless occupied monthly for over 32 days), school dormitories, shelters, employee quarters, non-residential properties, and owner-occupied co-ops and condos