New York A 7589: Declares any conveyances of real property to a landlord identified on the city of New York's office of the public advocate's worst landlord watchlist as void as against public policy

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A07589 Summary:

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Amd §5-101, add §5-331.1, Gen Ob L

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Declares any conveyances of real property to a landlord identified on the city of New York's office of the public advocate's worst landlord watchlist as void as against public policy; provides for a $50,000 civil penalty for violations of such provisions.

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04/01/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7589

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to declaring
 any conveyances of real property to a landlord identified on the city
 of New York's office of the public advocate's worst landlord watchlist
 as void as against public policy

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 5-101 of the general obli-
 2 gations law are amended to read as follows:
 3 1. As used in sections 5-331, 5-331.1, 5-703 and 5-1115, the term
 4 "conveyance" includes every instrument, in writing, except a will, by
 5 which any estate or interest in real property is created, transferred,
 6 assigned or surrendered.
 7 3. As used in sections 5-321, 5-323, 5-331, 5-331.1, 5-703 and 5-1115,
 8 the term "real property" is co-extensive in meaning with lands, tene-
 9 ments and hereditaments.
 10 § 2. The general obligations law is amended by adding a new section
 11 5-331.1 to read as follows:
 12 § 5-331.1. Certain conveyances of real property void as against public
 13 policy. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall
 14 have the following meanings:
 15 (a) "Affiliated entity" means any entity in which an individual or
 16 other entity has a controlling interest or that is otherwise controlled
 17 by, or acting at the direction of, such other entity.
 18 (b) "Covered property" means any residential or mixed-use real proper-
 19 ty or portion thereof in the state of New York.
 20 (c) "Worst landlord watchlist" means the list the city of New York's
 21 office of the public advocate's most recently published worst landlord
 22 watchlist.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11217-01-5

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 1 2. Any conveyance of a covered property made to an individual, entity,
 2 or beneficial owner identified on the worst landlord watchlist shall be
 3 void as against public policy. Such restriction shall apply to convey-
 4 ances made directly or indirectly, including but not limited to, through
 5 affiliated entities, trusts, or limited liability companies where such
 6 individual, entity, or beneficial owner holds twenty-five percent or
 7 more beneficial ownership.
 8 3. Any conveyance made in violation of subdivision two of this section
 9 shall be deemed void by the attorney general, a municipality, or any
 10 interested party. Any party that knowingly conveys a covered property in
 11 violation of subdivision two of this section shall be subject to a civil
 12 penalty of up to fifty thousand dollars per such conveyance. The attor-
 13 ney general shall be authorized to seek injunctive relief for any such
 14 violation, including but not limited to, divestiture of such unlawfully
 15 conveyed covered property.
 16 4. (a) Upon the conveyance of any covered property, other than where
 17 the purchaser of such covered property is purchasing such covered prop-
 18 erty for their primary residence, the purchaser shall submit an affida-
 19 vit at the time of deed recording affirming that neither the purchaser
 20 nor any beneficial owner is identified on the worst landlord watchlist.
 21 (b) The county clerk shall not record any deed for a covered property
 22 for which an affidavit is required to be submitted under paragraph (a)
 23 of this subd