New York A 2091: Enacts the "tenant repair reconciliation act"

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A02091 Summary:

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Add §235-k, RP L

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Enacts the "tenant repair reconciliation act"; requires landlords of certain multiple dwellings to repair certain conditions within thirty days of notice of such conditions; allows a tenant to repair such conditions and seek repayment of expenses incurred, or to deduct such expenses from future rent; directs the NYC comptroller to collect fines for violations and distribute such funds for citywide preservation and upgrades of certain multiple dwellings.

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01/15/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2091

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to enacting the
 tenant repair reconciliation act

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "tenant
 2 repair reconciliation act".
 3 § 2. The real property law is amended by adding a new section 235-k to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 235-k. Repairs; certain multiple dwellings. 1. The provisions of
 6 this section shall apply to any multiple dwelling containing fifty or
 7 more separate units, located in a city with a population of one million
 8 or more, where the payment of rent for at least one of such units is
 9 fully or partially subsidized by the state or federal government,
 10 including dwellings privately or publicly owned or managed. The
 11 provisions of this section shall apply to individual units within a
 12 multiple dwelling covered by this section, and to all common areas with-
 13 in and surrounding such multiple dwelling.
 14 2. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a
 15 landlord of a multiple dwelling covered by this section shall repair any
 16 conditions such landlord otherwise has a duty to repair under law, with-
 17 in thirty days of receipt of written notice of such conditions.
 18 3. A tenant of a multiple dwelling covered by this section may report
 19 a violation of subdivision two of this section by a landlord to the
 20 division. Upon receipt of a report of a violation of subdivision two of
 21 this section by a landlord, the division shall issue to such landlord a
 22 mandatory order to repair the conditions upon which such violation is
 23 predicated. After fifteen days of the issuance of such mandatory order
 24 to repair, the division shall inspect such reported violation. If, upon
 25 such inspection, the division finds that such landlord has failed to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05710-01-5

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 1 repair such conditions, such landlord shall be subject to a fine of one
 2 thousand dollars. For every fifteen days following such inspection where
 3 such condition remains unrepaired, such landlord shall be subject to an
 4 additional fifteen hundred dollar fine.
 5 4. A tenant of a multiple dwelling covered by this section may choose
 6 to repair a condition that the landlord of such multiple dwelling other-
 7 wise has a duty to repair under law. Before beginning such repair, such
 8 tenant shall notify such landlord of such tenant's intent to repair such
 9 conditions. Such tenant shall keep an accurate record of expenses
 10 incurred by repairing such conditions, and shall either (a) be entitled
 11 to payment from such landlord of such amount, within fifteen days of
 12 notice to such landlord of such expenses incurred, or (b) be entitled to
 13 deduct such amount from future rent owed to such landlord.
 14 5. Any condition in need of repair caused by a tenant of a multiple
 15 dwelling covered by this section, or by a person or persons under such
 16 tenant's direction or control, shall not be subject to the provisions of
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