New York S 10427: Relates to residential environment transparency

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S10427 Summary:

BILL NOS10427 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGONZALEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §235-k, RP L

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Requires a landlord to permit inspection of residential premises located within a designated superfund or brownfield site if requested by a tenant.

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BILL NOS10427 

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05/15/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10427

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GONZALEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to residential envi-
 ronmental transparency

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

 1 Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new section
 2 235-k to read as follows:
 3 § 235-k. Residential environmental transparency. 1. For the purposes
 4 of this section:
 5 (a) "Landlord" shall mean any fee owner, lessor, sublessor, assignor,
 6 court appointed receiver, or any other person or entity receiving or
 7 entitled to receive rent for the occupancy of any housing accommodation
 8 or an agent of any of the foregoing.
 9 (b) "Tenant" shall mean a tenant, sub-tenant, lessee, sublessee, or
 10 any other person entitled to the lawful possession, use or occupancy of
 11 any housing accommodation.
 12 (c) "Superfund site" shall mean a contaminated site as designated by
 13 the United States environmental protection agency due to hazardous waste
 14 being dumped, left out in the open, or otherwise improperly managed; and
 15 (d) "Brownfield site" or "site" shall mean any real property where a
 16 contaminant is present at levels exceeding the soil cleanup objectives
 17 or other health-based or environmental standards, criteria or guidance
 18 adopted by the department of environmental conservation that are appli-
 19 cable based on the reasonably anticipated use of the property, in
 20 accordance with applicable regulations.
 21 2. (a) A tenant, residential lessee, or sublessee who resides within
 22 or whose residence is otherwise eligible for an inspection in relation
 23 to a nearby designated superfund site or brownfield site shall have the
 24 right to have their residence inspected and tested by one or more
 25 government-employed or government-contracted inspectors in accordance
 26 with the inspection or testing procedure created for such designated
 27 site. Such testing shall be conducted and/or permitted within the zip
 28 code of such site or at the determination of the testing authority.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15719-02-6

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 1 (b) A landlord, lessor, or property owner shall not deny a request
 2 from a tenant, residential lessee, or sublessee to permit inspection and
 3 testing if eligible under this section. Upon such request, such land-
 4 lord, lessor, or property owner shall permit inspection and testing by
 5 government-employed or government-contracted inspectors within sixty
 6 days of such request or the next earliest available inspection date.
 7 (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit an inspector
 8 to enter a residence where a tenant, residential lessee, or sublessee
 9 has not requested such inspection.
 10 (d) Such testing and inspection shall be at the determination of
 11 government-employed or government-contracted inspectors including, but
 12 not limited to, the residence of the requesting individual and/or any
 13 common spaces within the residence in accordance with the testing proce-
 14 dures.
 15 (e) A landlord, lessor, or property owner may refuse to permit
 16 inspection and testing if previous inspection and testing has been
 17 completed by government-employed or government-contracted inspectors and
 18 a copy of the results from such inspection are provided to the tenant.
 19 3. Failure of a landlord, lessor, or property owner to comply with the
 20 provisions of this section and permit entry