New York S 240: Relates to unlawful tenancies under the emergency tenant protection act of 1974

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S00240 Summary:

BILL NOS00240 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01622

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SPONSORKRUEGER

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COSPNSRHOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, LIU, SERRANO

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §5-b, amd §12, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §§26-512 & 26-516, NYC Ad Cd

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Relates to unlawful tenancies under the emergency tenant protection act of 1974; prohibits owners from entering or renewing leases where such owner has reason to know that such tenant will not occupy the housing accommodation as the tenant's primary residence.

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BILL NOS00240 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

01/27/20251ST REPORT CAL.167

01/28/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/03/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/11/2025PASSED SENATE

03/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/11/2025referred to housing

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

01/27/20261ST REPORT CAL.160

01/28/20262ND REPORT CAL.

01/29/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/03/2026PASSED SENATE

02/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/03/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 240

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, LIU, SERRANO --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development

 AN ACT to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven-
 ty-four and the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to leasing to business and other entities

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974 constituting
 2 the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four is amended
 3 by adding a new section 5-b to read as follows:
 4 § 5-b. Tenancy. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this act
 5 or the provisions of any contract, lease or rental agreement, no owner
 6 or any agent thereof shall enter into a lease, or other rental agreement
 7 for occupancy of a vacant housing accommodation subject to this act if
 8 the owner or any agent thereof has reason to know that the tenant will
 9 not occupy the housing accommodation as the tenant's primary residence,
 10 or the tenant is a corporation, partnership, or other business or not-
 11 for-profit entity, provided, however, if the tenant (i) is a not-for-
 12 profit corporation, pursuant to the not-for-profit corporation law, that
 13 is solely engaged in activities to provide housing and additional
 14 support services, if any, to low-income or vulnerable members of the
 15 population, as determined by the commissioner of the division of housing
 16 and community renewal, or (ii) is a corporation, partnership or other
 17 business that is providing an officer, partner, employee or other
 18 natural person participating in the day-to-day operations with a dwell-
 19 ing unit, which shall be occupied as the individual's primary residence,
 20 an owner or agent thereof may enter into a lease, or other rental agree-
 21 ment for occupancy of a vacant housing accommodation subject to this
 22 act.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00682-01-5

 S. 240 2

 1 § 2. Clause (i) of paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 12 of
 2 section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974 constituting the emergency
 3 tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, as amended by section 27
 4 of part A of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 (i) to have violated an order of the division or section five-b of
 7 this act the commissioner may impose by administrative order after hear-
 8 ing, a civil penalty at minimum in the amount of one thousand but not to
 9 exceed two thousand dollars for the first such offense, and at minimum
 10 in the amount of two thousand but not to exceed three thousand dollars
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