New York S 1217: Prohibits warehousing of housing accommodations and harassment of tenants; provides penalties therefor

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S01217 Summary:

BILL NOS01217 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01618

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSRHOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER, PARKER, SERRANO, STAVISKY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§26-412 & 26-516, NYC Ad Cd; amd §12, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974

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Provides that penalties may be levied against a person who intentionally withholds a housing accommodation from the market, including for the purpose of future co-operative conversion.

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BILL NOS01217 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1217

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER, PARKER, SERRANO,
 STAVISKY -- 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 administrative code of the city of New York and the
 emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation
 to warehousing of housing accommodations and penalties therefor

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds and
 2 declares that each person in the state shall have a right to be housed
 3 and that such right to housing is a basic human right.
 4 The legislature further finds and declares that the practice of "ware-
 5 housing", that is of intentionally withholding housing accommodations
 6 from the housing market, including the withholding of apartments for
 7 purposes of future co-operative apartment conversion, has contributed
 8 significantly to the shortage of housing in this state, especially in
 9 the city of New York.
 10 The legislature further finds and declares that the practice of ware-
 11 housing has violated the right to housing of many of the citizens and
 12 residents of this state.
 13 It is thus the intent of the legislature to eliminate the practice of
 14 warehousing by providing strong penalties to deter such practice.
 15 § 2. Section 26-412 of the administrative code of the city of New York
 16 is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows:
 17 g. It shall be unlawful to harass a tenant to obtain vacancy of such
 18 tenant's housing accommodation or to have intentionally withheld a hous-
 19 ing accommodation from the market, including withholding such accommo-
 20 dation for the purpose of future co-operative apartment conversion. For
 21 the purposes of this subdivision, harassment consists of engaging in a
 22 course of conduct or repeatedly committing acts which alarm or seriously

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03223-01-5

 S. 1217 2

 1 annoy a tenant or other person residing in the tenant's housing accommo-
 2 dation and which serve no legitimate purpose.
 3 § 3. Paragraph 2 of subdivision c of section 26-516 of the administra-
 4 tive code of the city of New York, as amended by section 23 of part A of
 5 chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 6 (2) to have harassed a tenant to obtain vacancy of [his or her] such
 7 tenant's housing accommodation or to have intentionally withheld a hous-
 8 ing accommodation from the market, including withholding such accommo-
 9 dation for the purpose of future co-operative apartment conversion, the
 10 commissioner may impose by administrative order after hearing, a civil
 11 penalty for any such violation. Such penalty shall be at a minimum in
 12 the amount of two thousand but not to exceed three thousand dollars for
 13 the first such offense, and at minimum in the amount of ten thousand but
 14 not to exceed eleven thousand dollars for each subsequent offense or for
 15 a violation consisting of conduct directed at the tenants of more than
 16 one housing accommodation.
 17 § 4. Clause (ii) of paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 12 of
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