New York A 7533: Expands definition of eligible senior citizen and disabled person with respect to condominium and cooperative conversion

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A07533 Summary:

BILL NOA07533 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03758

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SPONSORBichotte Hermelyn

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COSPNSRShimsky, Zinerman, Reyes, Epstein

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§352-e, 352-eee & 352-eeee, Gen Bus L

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Expands definition of eligible senior citizen and disabled person to include any member of the tenant's household lawfully occupying the premises as such person's residence who is 62 years of age with respect to condominium and cooperative conversion to provide protection to disabled and senior citizen non-purchasing residents of buildings that undergo cooperative or condominium conversions under an eviction plan even where such residents are not tenants of record in the buildings.

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BILL NOA07533 

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04/01/2025referred to housing

01/07/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7533

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SHIMSKY, ZINERMAN, REYES,
 EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to senior citizens
 and disabled persons

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivi-
 2 sion 2-a of section 352-e of the general business law, as added by chap-
 3 ter 771 of the laws of 1983, are amended to read as follows:
 4 (iii) "Eligible senior citizens". Non-purchasing tenants who are
 5 sixty-two years of age or older on the date the attorney general has
 6 accepted the plan for filing, and the spouses of any such tenants on
 7 such date, [and who have elected] or any member of the tenant's house-
 8 hold, lawfully occupying the premises as such person's residence who is
 9 sixty-two years of age or older on such date, provided, in the case of a
 10 tenant's household member, that such person has lived in the housing
 11 accommodation as such person's residence for a period of no less than
 12 one year preceding such date. The tenant must elect, within sixty days
 13 of the date the attorney general has accepted the plan for filing, on
 14 forms promulgated by the attorney general and presented to such tenants
 15 by the offeror, to become non-purchasing tenants under the provisions of
 16 this subdivision; provided that such election shall not preclude any
 17 such tenant from subsequently purchasing the dwelling unit on the terms
 18 then offered to tenants in occupancy.
 19 (iv) "Eligible disabled persons". Non-purchasing tenants who have an
 20 impairment which results from anatomical, physiological or psychological
 21 conditions, other than addiction to alcohol, gambling, or any controlled
 22 substance, which are demonstrable by medically acceptable clinical and
 23 laboratory diagnostic techniques, and which are expected to be permanent
 24 and which [prevent the tenant from engaging in any substantial gainful
 25 employment] substantially limit one or more major life activities on the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08141-01-5

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 1 date the attorney general has accepted the plan for filing, and the
 2 spouses of any such tenants on such date, [and who have elected] or any
 3 member of the tenant's household, lawfully occupying the premises as
 4 such person's residence, who has such an impairment on such date,
 5 provided, in the case of the tenant's household member, that such person
 6 has lived in the housing accommodation as such person's residence for a
 7 period of no less than one year preceding such date. The tenant must
 8 elect, within sixty days of the date the attorney general has accepted
 9 the plan for filing, on forms promulgated by the attorney general and
 10 presented to such tenants by the offeror, to become non-purchasing
 11 tenants under the provisions of this subdivision; provided, however,
 12 that if the disability first occurs after acceptance of the plan for
 13 filing, then such el