New York S 9956: Expands the right to seek the appointment of administrators of buildings to tenants and local governments throughout to make procedures conform with realities of housing stock; repealer

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S09956 Summary:

BILL NOS09956 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBOTTCHER

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §§777 & 796-i, amd RPAP L, generally; amd §110, NYC Civ Ct Act

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Expands the right to seek the appointment of administrators of buildings to tenants and local governments throughout the state and to make procedures conform with realities of housing stock throughout the state; repeals certain provisions of the real property actions and proceedings law relating thereto.

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BILL NOS09956 

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04/17/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9956

 IN SENATE

 April 17, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. BOTTCHER -- 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 and the
 New York city civil court act, in relation to expanding the right to
 seek the appointment of administrators of buildings to tenants and
 local governments throughout the state; and to repeal sections 777 and
 796-i of the real property actions and proceedings law relating there-
 to

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 769 of the real property actions
 2 and proceedings law, as amended by chapter 877 of the laws of 1982, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. A special proceeding by tenants of a dwelling in the city of New
 5 York or the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester or by
 6 the department or agency responsible for the enforcement of the multiple
 7 dwelling law, the multiple residence law, the uniform fire prevention
 8 and building code, or any other law, code or ordinance governing the
 9 occupancy and maintenance of residential property or addressing condi-
 10 tions dangerous to health, life, and safety in the municipality or coun-
 11 ty where the dwelling is located (hereinafter in this article referred
 12 to as "the housing standards department") for a judgment directing the
 13 deposit of rents into court and their use for the purpose of remedying
 14 conditions dangerous to life, health or safety may be maintained in the
 15 civil court of the city of New York, the district court of the counties
 16 of Suffolk and Nassau and the county courts or city courts in the coun-
 17 ties of Rockland and Westchester.
 18 § 2. Section 770 of the real property actions and proceedings law, as
 19 amended by chapter 655 of the laws of 1978, subdivision 1 as amended by
 20 chapter 455 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
 21 § 770. Grounds for the proceeding. 1. One-third or more of the tenants
 22 occupying a dwelling located in the city of New York or the commissioner
 23 of the department of the city of New York charged with enforcement of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07373-04-6

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 1 the housing maintenance code of such city, or in the counties of Nassau,
 2 Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester may maintain a special proceeding as
 3 provided in this article, upon the ground that there exists in such
 4 dwellings or in any part thereof a lack of heat or of running water or
 5 of light or of electricity or of adequate sewage disposal facilities, or
 6 any other condition dangerous to life, health or safety, which has
 7 existed for five days, or an infestation by rodents, or any combination
 8 of such conditions; or course of conduct by the owner or the owner's
 9 agents of harassment, illegal eviction, retaliation as defined by
 10 section two hundred twenty-three-b of the real property law, interfer-
 11 ence with the right of tenants to form, join or participate in tenants'
 12 groups pursuant to section two hundred thirty of the real property law,
 13 continued deprivation of services or other acts dangerous to life,
 14 health or safety, or a business practice of neglect