New York A 6735: Authorizes Edward Tercasio, Jr. to receive certain credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law

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A06735 Summary:

BILL NOA06735 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimone

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Add §302-d, Mult Dwell L

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Provides that in cities with a population of one million or more, a tenant or group of tenants, after proper notice to the landlord of the existence of a hazardous violation of housing codes and certification of the existence of such violation by the local agency charged with enforcement of housing codes, may contract for the repair of such condition and offset the price of such repair from their rental payments if the landlord fails to commence work to correct the condition within a certain period after notice is received.

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BILL NOA06735 

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03/11/2025referred to housing

01/07/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6735

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Housing

 AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to the right of
 tenants to offset payments for repairs of hazardous conditions in
 certain cases in cities subject to such law

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

 1 Section 1. The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 302-d to read as follows:
 3 § 302-d. Right of tenant to offset payments for repairs of hazardous
 4 conditions; certain cases. 1. As used in this section, unless another
 5 meaning clearly appears from the context:
 6 a. "Department" shall mean the department or agency of a city with a
 7 population of one million or more that is charged with enforcement of
 8 housing laws;
 9 b. "Hazardous violation" shall mean a violation of this chapter, the
 10 city housing maintenance code or article eighteen of the executive law
 11 or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto identified or
 12 classified by the city as hazardous to the life, health and safety of
 13 the occupants of a dwelling;
 14 c. "Immediately hazardous violation" shall mean a violation of this
 15 chapter, the city housing maintenance code or article eighteen of the
 16 executive law or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto
 17 identified or classified by the city as immediately hazardous to the
 18 life, health and safety of the occupants of a dwelling;
 19 d. "City" shall mean a city to which this chapter applies.
 20 2. In a city, any tenant acting alone or together with other tenants
 21 in a multiple dwelling, wherein there exists a condition constituting a
 22 hazardous or immediately hazardous violation, may contract and pay for
 23 the repair of such condition in accordance with the provisions of this
 24 section.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07658-01-5

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 1 3. Any payment so made shall be deductible from rent providing the
 2 following provisions have been substantially complied with by the tenant
 3 or his agent:
 4 a. The landlord or their agent have been sent notice of such hazardous
 5 or immediately hazardous violation posted by certified mail, return
 6 receipt requested.
 7 b. In the case of an immediately hazardous violation, such violation
 8 has been certified by the department and seven days have passed after
 9 written notice was first offered for delivery by the postal service to
 10 the landlord or their agent without completion of repairs or commence-
 11 ment of repairs of such violation by the landlord and provision in writ-
 12 ing to the tenant of a reasonable schedule for completion of such
 13 repairs.
 14 c. In the case of a hazardous violation, such violation has been
 15 certified by the department and thirty days have passed after written
 16 notice was first offered for delivery by the postal service to the land-
 17 lord or their agent without completion of repairs or commencement of
 18 repairs of such violation by the landlord and provision in writing to
 19 the tenant of a reasonable sched