New York S 3634: Provides for liability insurer payment of judgment in excess of policy limits when it fails to fairly settle the claim

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S03634 Summary:

BILL NOS03634 

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SPONSORBAILEY

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Add §301-a, Mult Dwell L

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Requires landlords to check the state sex offender registry when leasing to a new tenant, subtenant or adult occupant, and to notify tenants with children under age sixteen of any listing of such tenant, subtenant or adult occupant as a level three sex offender; exempts landlord from any civil or criminal liability for damages for any discretionary decision to release relevant information pursuant to this section or for failing to release such information, unless it is shown the landlord acted with gross negligence or in bad faith.

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01/29/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3634

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- 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 multiple dwelling law, in relation to landlord
 checks of the state sex offender registry and notification of certain
 tenants

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

 1 Section 1. The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 301-a to read as follows:
 3 § 301-a. Sex offender registry check. 1. Landlords of multiple dwell-
 4 ings shall, within the first sixty days following: (a) execution of a
 5 lease with a new tenant, or (b) notice of occupancy by a third party or
 6 adult occupant in interest to a leased unit, perform a check of such new
 7 tenant, subtenant or adult occupant in the sex offender registry main-
 8 tained by the division of criminal justice services pursuant to section
 9 one hundred sixty-eight-b of the correction law. Landlord access to the
 10 registry shall be through the "900" telephone number maintained by the
 11 division of criminal justice services, and according to the requirements
 12 for access as specified in section one hundred sixty-eight-p of the
 13 correction law or through the internet site maintained by the division
 14 of criminal justice services.
 15 2. If such new tenant, subtenant or adult occupant is listed in the
 16 registry as a level three sex offender, the landlord shall provide writ-
 17 ten notification of such finding to building tenants with children under
 18 the age of sixteen whether the children permanently reside with such
 19 tenant or reside from time to time on a temporary basis. It shall be the
 20 tenant's duty to notify the landlord of the ages of such tenant's chil-
 21 dren. A landlord of a multiple dwelling shall provide a list of names
 22 of current tenants, subtenants or adult occupants of such multiple
 23 dwelling to any tenant in such multiple dwelling, upon request by such

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07747-01-5

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 1 tenant. Such list shall not include specific apartment numbers or addi-
 2 tional information.
 3 3. All leases offered to tenants in multiple dwellings shall contain a
 4 notice, conspicuously set forth therein, advising tenants of the
 5 requirements of subdivisions one and two of this section.
 6 4. No landlord shall be subject to any civil or criminal liability for
 7 damages for any discretionary decision to release relevant information
 8 pursuant to this section or for failing to release relevant information
 9 pursuant to this section, unless it is shown that such landlord acted
 10 with gross negligence or in bad faith.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 12 it shall have become a law and shall apply to leases or subleases
 13 entered into on or after such date.

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