New York S 4142: Requires the disclosure of bedbug infestation history for the previous year to prospective lessees

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S04142 Summary:

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Requires the disclosure of bedbug infestation history for the previous year to prospective lessees; does not apply to cities with a population of one million or more; includes co-op sales and co-op and condo rentals in addition to other types of rentals.

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4142

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 providing prospec-
 tive lessees with the property's bedbug infestation history for the
 previous year

 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. Notice of bedbug infestation history. 1. All prospective
 4 lessees shall be furnished with a notice, in a form promulgated or
 5 approved by the state division of housing and community renewal, that
 6 sets forth the property's bedbug infestation history for the previous
 7 year.
 8 2. Information shall include any bedbug infestation of the premises to
 9 be rented by the prospective tenant and the building in which the prem-
 10 ises are located.
 11 3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to cities with a
 12 population of one million or more.
 13 4. This section shall apply to, but not be limited to, co-op sales and
 14 co-op and condo rentals.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 16 have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of the state
 17 division of housing and community renewal may take any action necessary
 18 for the timely implementation of this act on or before the date on which
 19 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07734-01-5

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