New York S 8612: Relates to residency requirements for police officers

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S08612 Summary:

BILL NOS08612A

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SAME ASSAME AS A09370-A

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSRSALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§211, 214, 216, 226-c & 231-c, RP L; amd §§711 & 741, RPAP L

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Relates to enacting technical changes to the good cause eviction law.

Go to top S08612 Actions:

BILL NOS08612A

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12/12/2025REFERRED TO RULES

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

05/11/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

05/11/2026PRINT NUMBER 8612A

05/18/20261ST REPORT CAL.1133

05/19/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/20/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/02/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8612--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 December 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Devel-
 opment in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the real property law and the real property actions and
 proceedings law, in relation to enacting technical changes to the good
 cause eviction law

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 211 of the real property law, as
 2 added by section 1 of part HH of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is
 3 amended and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
 4 7. The term "inflation index" shall mean five percent plus the annual
 5 percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers
 6 for all items as published by the United States bureau of labor statis-
 7 tics for the region in which the housing accommodation is located, as
 8 established for the most recent preceding calendar year as shall be
 9 published by the division of housing and community renewal no later than
 10 the first of [August] June in any given year and become effective on the
 11 first of October of the same year, provided further that for New York
 12 city and any village, town, or city that adopts the provisions of this
 13 article by local law pursuant to subdivision one of section two hundred
 14 thirteen of this article in the counties of Dutchess, Nassau, Orange,
 15 Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester, such consumer price index
 16 shall be the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA consumer price index,
 17 and provided further that for any other village, town, or city that
 18 adopts the provisions of this article by local law pursuant to subdivi-
 19 sion one of section two hundred thirteen of this article, such consumer
 20 price index shall be the Northeast Region consumer price index.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00255-05-6

 S. 8612--A 2

 1 9. (a) The term "consummated" shall mean for cooperatives: the trans-
 2 fer of title to the apartment corporation and the issuance of shares and
 3 a proprietary lease to at least one subscriber under the plan following
 4 a declaration of effectiveness by the sponsor and acceptance of the
 5 amendment by the department of law confirming or declaring the plan
 6 effective.
 7 (b) The term "consummated" shall mean for condominiums: filing the
 8 declaration of condominium and the first transfer of title to a condo-
 9 minium unit to at least one purchaser under the plan following a decla-
 10 ration of effectiveness by the sponsor and acceptance of the amendment
 11 by the department of law confirming or declaring the plan effective.
 12 § 2. Subdivisions 5, 6, 7, 8 and 15 of section 214 of the real proper-
 13 ty law, as added by section 1 of part HH of chapter 56 of the laws of
 14 2024, are amended to read as follows:
 15 5. unit on or within a housing accommodation where such unit is other-
 16 wise s