New York S 8559: Authorizes certain entities to require the wearing of face coverings and masks

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S08559 Summary:

BILL NOS08559A

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SAME ASSAME AS A09220-A

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSRKRUEGER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§241.05 & 241.00, add §241.07, Pen L

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Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant which occurs when an owner intentionally engages in a systematic ongoing course of conduct to induce three or more rent regulated tenants occupying different housing accommodations in two or more residential buildings to vacate such housing accommodations or if such owner commits the crime of harassment of a rent regulated tenant and was previously convicted of the same crime in the past five years.

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BILL NOS08559A

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10/29/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

02/18/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

02/18/2026PRINT NUMBER 8559A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8559--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 October 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
 sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the aggravated 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 opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 241.05 of
 2 the penal law, as added by chapter 573 of the laws of 2019, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 With intent to induce two or more rent regulated tenants occupying
 5 different housing accommodations in one residential building, or two
 6 rent regulated tenants occupying different housing accommodations in two
 7 separate residential buildings, to vacate such housing accommodations,
 8 such owner intentionally engages in a systematic ongoing course of
 9 conduct that:
 10 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 241.07 to read
 11 as follows:
 12 § 241.07 Aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant.
 13 An owner is guilty of aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant
 14 when:
 15 1. With intent to induce three or more rent regulated tenants occupy-
 16 ing different housing accommodations in two or more residential build-
 17 ings to vacate such housing accommodations, such owner intentionally
 18 engages in a systematic ongoing course of conduct that:
 19 (a) impairs the habitability of such housing accommodations; or
 20 (b) creates or maintains a condition which endangers the safety or
 21 health of one or more of the dwellings' rent regulated tenants; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13983-03-6

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 1 (c) is reasonably likely to interfere with or disturb, and does inter-
 2 fere with or disturb, the comfort, repose, peace or quiet of one or more
 3 of such rent regulated tenants in their use and occupancy of such hous-
 4 ing accommodation including, but not limited to, the interruption or
 5 discontinuance of essential services.
 6 2. Such owner commits the crime of harassment of a rent regulated
 7 tenant in the first degree as defined in section 241.05 of this article
 8 and has previously been convicted within the preceding five years of
 9 such crime.
 10 The good faith commencement and pursuit of a lawful eviction action by
 11 an owner against a rent regulated tenant in a court of competent juris-
 12 diction shall not, by itself, constitute a "systematic ongoing course of
 13 conduct" in violation of paragraph (c) of subdivision one of this
 14 section.
 15 Aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant is a class D felony.
 16 § 3. Section 241.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 17 vision 4 to read as follows:
 18 4. "Residential building" shall mean a structure built upon an iden-
 19 tifiable borough-block-lot or section-block-lot number that contain