New York S 3215: Prevents the harassment of a rent regulated tenant

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S03215 Summary:

BILL NOS03215 

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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Amd §241.05, Pen L

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Creates a presumption that certain harassing acts by an owner are intended to cause a tenant to vacate their dwelling units or to surrender or waive any rights in relation to such occupancy.

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BILL NOS03215 

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

04/14/2026RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3215

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to preventing the harassment
 of a rent regulated tenant

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

 1 Section 1. The first undesignated paragraph of section 241.05 of the
 2 penal law, as amended by chapter 573 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 [The] There shall be a presumption that a course of conduct as
 5 described in subdivision two of this section was intended to cause such
 6 persons to vacate such dwelling units or to surrender or waive any
 7 rights in relation to such occupancy. However, the good faith commence-
 8 ment and pursuit of a lawful eviction action by an owner against a rent
 9 regulated tenant in a court of competent jurisdiction shall not, by
 10 itself, constitute a "systematic ongoing course of conduct" in violation
 11 of paragraph (c) of subdivision two of this section.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06945-01-5

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