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A07957 Summary:

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Requires a rebate of all rent paid to a landlord to be paid back to a tenant who was forced to vacate an illegal dwelling unit pursuant to an emergency vacate order or eviction.

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04/16/2025referred to judiciary

09/24/2025amend and recommit to judiciary

09/24/2025print number 7957a

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7957--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
 as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to providing remedies
 for tenants of illegal dwelling units who were forced to vacate due to
 an emergency vacate order or eviction

 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. Remedies for tenants of illegal dwelling units. 1. For the
 4 purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following
 5 meanings:
 6 (a) "Illegal dwelling unit" means any unit:
 7 (i) prohibited from lawful residential occupancy by a tenant pursuant
 8 to any law, rule, regulation, ordinance, express or implied warranty, or
 9 code;
 10 (ii) for which the landlord had actual knowledge of the conditions
 11 prohibiting lawful residential occupancy by a tenant under subparagraph
 12 (i) of this paragraph before entering into a lease agreement with the
 13 tenant; and
 14 (iii) for which the tenant had no actual knowledge of the conditions
 15 prohibiting lawful residential occupancy by a tenant under subparagraph
 16 (i) of this paragraph before entering into a lease agreement with the
 17 landlord.
 18 (b) "Landlord" means the property owner, the managing agent, or any
 19 person or entity collecting rent from a tenant on behalf of the property
 20 owner.
 21 2. Any tenant who is displaced due to an emergency vacate order issued
 22 pursuant to section 28-207.4 of the administrative code of the city of
 23 New York on or after the effective date of this section, based on a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11228-03-5

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 1 finding that such tenant was occupying an illegal dwelling unit, shall
 2 be entitled to a full rebate of all rent paid during the tenancy for
 3 such illegal dwelling unit.
 4 3. Any tenant who, on or after the effective date of this section, is
 5 evicted from an illegal dwelling unit, whether by court order, adminis-
 6 trative proceeding, or informal means, shall have a private right of
 7 action against the landlord of such illegal dwelling unit to recover all
 8 rent paid during the tenancy of such illegal dwelling unit.
 9 4. The remedies under this section shall apply to any lawful subtenant
 10 or occupant, regardless of whether such individual had a direct lease
 11 with the landlord of the subject illegal dwelling unit. A landlord of an
 12 illegal dwelling unit shall not avoid any liability under this section
 13 on the basis that the occupant of such illegal dwelling unit was a
 14 subtenant or licensee thereof, provided that rent was paid directly or
 15 indirectly to such landlord.
 16 5. In any case where a tenant is vacated from an illegal dwelling unit
 17 under the circumstances described in subdivision two or three of this
 18 section, and there is no safe or accessible on-site location for the
 19 temporary storage of such tenant's personal property, the landlord shall
 20 be responsible for covering the reasonable costs associated with the
 21 removal and storage of such tenant's personal property, including but
 22 not limited to furniture and personal effects, in a secure storage
 23 facility. Such storag