New York S 9772: Relates to actions and proceedings seeking an abatement of rent based on violations of the housing maintenance code

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S09772 Summary:

BILL NOS09772 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08291-B

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSRJACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §110, NYC Civ Ct Act

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Relates to actions and proceedings seeking an abatement of rent based on violations of the housing maintenance code, applicable housing standards, the building code, or the health code; relates to the number of housing judges assigned to certain actions.

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BILL NOS09772 

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04/06/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1187

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/29/2026PASSED SENATE

05/29/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/29/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9772

 IN SENATE

 April 6, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to
 actions and proceedings seeking an abatement of rent based on
 violations of the housing maintenance code or the warranty of habita-
 bility and in relation to the number of housing judges assigned to
 certain actions

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 110 of the New York city civil
 2 court act is amended by adding a new paragraph 10 to read as follows:
 3 (10) Actions and proceedings seeking an abatement of rent based on
 4 violations of the housing maintenance code, applicable housing stand-
 5 ards, building code, health code or section two hundred thirty-five-b of
 6 the real property law. Such abatements shall be granted beginning at the
 7 time when the violation commenced until the violation is corrected. For
 8 the purposes of this provision, "violation" shall mean any condition
 9 that would give rise to a violation of the housing maintenance code,
 10 applicable local and state housing standards, the building code, the
 11 health code, or the multiple dwelling law.
 12 § 2. Section 110 of the New York city civil court act is amended by
 13 adding a new subdivision (r) to read as follows:
 14 (r) In each county except the county of Richmond, at least two housing
 15 judges shall be assigned to preside over actions initiated under subdi-
 16 vision (h) or (i) of section 27-2115 of the New York city administrative
 17 code by a tenant, a group of tenants, or the department of housing pres-
 18 ervation and development of the city of New York. In the county of Rich-
 19 mond, there shall be at least one housing judge assigned to oversee such
 20 actions at least two days a week.
 21 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 22 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11478-09-6

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