New York S 7046: Reduces the period of notice required to be given when a written demand for rent is served on a tenant and the period of notice to be given serving a warrant issued pursuant to a final judgment of eviction

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S07046 Summary:

BILL NOS07046 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09393

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SPONSORGRIFFO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§711 & 749, RPAP L

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Reduces the period of notice required to be given when a written demand for rent is served on a tenant after the tenant has defaulted in the payment of rent and the period of notice to be given serving a warrant issued pursuant to a final judgment of eviction from fourteen days to seven days.

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03/31/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7046

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
 Community Development

 AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law, in
 relation to reducing the period of notice required to be given when a
 written demand for rent is served on a tenant after the tenant has
 defaulted in the payment of rent and the period of notice to be given
 serving a warrant issued pursuant to a final judgment of eviction from
 fourteen days to seven days

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 711 of the real property actions
 2 and proceedings law, as amended by section 4 of part HH of chapter 56 of
 3 the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 4 2. The tenant has defaulted in the payment of rent, pursuant to the
 5 agreement under which the premises are held, and a written demand of the
 6 rent has been made with at least [fourteen] seven days' notice requir-
 7 ing, in the alternative, the payment of the rent, or the possession of
 8 the premises, has been served upon the tenant as prescribed in section
 9 seven hundred thirty-five of this article. The [fourteen-day] seven-day
 10 notice shall append or contain the notice required pursuant to section
 11 two hundred thirty-one-c of the real property law, which shall state the
 12 following: (i) if the premises are or are not subject to article six-A
 13 of the real property law, the "good cause eviction law", and if the
 14 premises are exempt, such notice shall state why the premises are exempt
 15 from such law; (ii) if the landlord is not renewing the lease for a unit
 16 subject to article six-A of the real property law, the lawful basis for
 17 such non-renewal; and (iii) if the landlord is increasing the rent upon
 18 an existing lease of a unit subject to article six-A of the real proper-
 19 ty law above the applicable local rent standard, as defined in subdivi-
 20 sion eight of section two hundred eleven of the real property law, the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11412-01-5

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 1 justification for such increase. Any person succeeding to the landlord's
 2 interest in the premises may proceed under this subdivision for rent due
 3 such person's predecessor in interest if such person has a right there-
 4 to. Where a tenant dies during the term of the lease and rent due has
 5 not been paid and the apartment is occupied by a person with a claim to
 6 possession, a proceeding may be commenced naming the occupants of the
 7 apartment seeking a possessory judgment only as against the estate.
 8 Entry of such a judgment shall be without prejudice to the possessory
 9 claims of the occupants, and any warrant issued shall not be effective
 10 as against the occupants.
 11 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 711 of the real property actions and
 12 proceedings law, as amended by section 12 of part M of chapter 36 of the
 13 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 14 2. The tenant has defaulted in the payment of rent, pursuant to the
 15 agreement under which the premises are held, and a written demand of the
 16 rent has been made with at least [fourteen] seven days' n