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A05499 Summary:

BILL NOA05499 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJackson

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COSPNSRColton, Steck, Epstein

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§238-a & 443, add §443-b, RP L

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Prohibits single-agent dual agency; requires representation agreements; allows broker's fee negotiations; prohibits mandatory broker's fees in residential real property transactions.

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02/14/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5499

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON, COLTON, STECK, EPSTEIN -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to prohibiting
 single-agent dual agency, requiring representation agreements, allow-
 ing buyers and tenants to negotiate broker fees, and prohibiting land-
 lords, lessors, sub-lessors, and grantors from requiring a tenant to
 pay brokers' fees as a condition of entering into a lease agreement

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 238-a of the real
 2 property law, as amended by chapter 789 of the laws of 2021, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 (a) Except in instances where statutes or regulations provide for a
 5 payment, fee or charge, no landlord, lessor, sub-lessor or grantor may
 6 demand any payment, fee, or charge for the processing, review or accept-
 7 ance of an application, or demand any other payment, fee or charge
 8 before or at the beginning of the tenancy, including but not limited to
 9 broker's fees, except background checks and credit checks as provided by
 10 paragraph (b) of this subdivision, provided that this subdivision shall
 11 not apply to entrance fees charged by continuing care retirement commu-
 12 nities licensed pursuant to article forty-six or forty-six-A of the
 13 public health law, assisted living providers licensed pursuant to arti-
 14 cle forty-six-B of the public health law, adult care facilities licensed
 15 pursuant to article seven of the social services law, senior residential
 16 communities that have submitted an offering plan to the attorney gener-
 17 al, or not-for-profit independent retirement communities that offer
 18 personal emergency response, housekeeping, transportation and meals to
 19 their residents. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit a cooperative
 20 housing corporation, other than a cooperative housing corporation
 21 subject to the provisions of article two, article four, article five or
 22 article eleven of the private housing finance law, from demanding from a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06536-01-5

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 1 prospective tenant any payment, fee or charge which is necessary to
 2 compensate a managing agent and/or transfer agent for the processing,
 3 review or acceptance of such prospective tenant's application where such
 4 prospective tenant would become a dwelling unit owner or shareholder of
 5 such cooperative housing corporation.
 6 § 2. The real property law is amended by adding a new section 443-b to
 7 read as follows:
 8 § 443-b. Agency relationships. 1. Application. The agency relation-
 9 ships and requirements specified in this section or in rules or regu-
 10 lations promulgated by the secretary of state shall supersede any agency
 11 relationships and requirements between a licensee and a party to a resi-
 12 dential real estate transaction which are based upon common law princi-
 13 ples of agency if such common law principles are inconsistent with those
 14 specified in this section. This section shall apply only to transactions
 15 involving residential real property.
 16 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms
 17 shall have the following meanings:
 18 (a) "Dual agent" shall mean an agent who is acting as a buyer's agent
 19 and a seller's agent or a t