New York A 2729: Relates to compulsive gambling assistance

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A02729 Summary:

BILL NOA02729A

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SAME ASSAME AS S10477-A

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRTorres, Simon

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §238-b, RP L

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Relates to requirements when landlords offer tenants the option of rent reporting to a consumer reporting agency to boost such tenant's credit score.

Go to top A02729 Actions:

BILL NOA02729A

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01/22/2025referred to housing

01/07/2026referred to housing

05/18/2026amend (t) and recommit to housing

05/18/2026print number 2729a

05/20/2026reported referred to codes

Go to topA02729 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HOUSING Chair:Rosenthal 
DATE:05/20/2026AYE/NAY:18/7 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes RosenthalAyeFitzpatrickNay

CookExcusedNovakhovAye

KimAyeBrown K Nay

WalkerAyeBrown EANay

Bichotte HermelAyeBrook-KrasnyAye

DavilaAyeChangNay

EichensteinNayNorberNay

MeeksExcusedMolitorNay

BurdickAye

RiveraAye

JacksonAye

KellesAye

TapiaAye

LucasAye

Chandler-WatermAye

LevenbergAye

DaisAye

TorresAye

ReyesAbsent

ZaccaroAye

Go to topA02729 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA02729 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2729--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, TORRES, SIMON -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Housing -- recommitted to the Committee
 on Housing in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to requirements when
 landlords offer tenants the option of rent reporting

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

 1 Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new section
 2 238-b to read as follows:
 3 § 238-b. Rent reporting. 1. For purposes of this section, "nationwide
 4 consumer reporting agency" shall include an agency that meets the defi-
 5 nition in 15 U.S.C. Section 1681a(p) or any other consumer reporting
 6 agency that meets the definition in 15 U.S.C. Section 1681a(f), so long
 7 as the consumer reporting agency resells or otherwise furnishes rental
 8 payment information to a nationwide consumer reporting agency that meets
 9 the definition in U.S.C. Section 1681a(p).
 10 2. (a) A landlord, lessor, sub-lessor or grantor of a residential
 11 property shall be prohibited from reporting a residential tenant's
 12 rental payment information to a nationwide consumer reporting agency
 13 unless notice of the reporting was provided for in the lease or contract
 14 between the landlord, lessor, sub-lessor or grantor and the tenant.
 15 (b) Such notice shall be substantially similar to the following: "We
 16 may report information about your account to credit bureaus. Late
 17 payments, missed payments, or other defaults on your account may be
 18 reflected in your credit report."
 19 (c) A landlord, lessor, sub-lessor or grantor of a residential proper-
 20 ty who furnishes negative information to a nationwide consumer reporting
 21 agency regarding a residential tenant's rental payments shall provide a
 22 notice of such furnishing of negative information, in writing, to the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05007-05-6

 A. 2729--A 2

 1 tenant. Such notice shall be made no later than thirty days after
 2 furnishing the negative information to the nationwide consumer reporting
 3 agency and shall include a summary of the tenant's rights under the
 4 federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. Sect. 1681 et seq.) and
 5 article twenty-five of the general business law, including the right to
 6 access and dispute the contents of a consumer report.
 7 3. (a) Any landlord, lessor, sub-lessor or grantor of a residential
 8 property who offers a residential tenant or tenants obligated on the
 9 lease of each unit the option of having such tenant's positive rental
 10 payment information reported to at least one nationwide consumer report-
 11 ing agency shall first obtain the authorization of such tenant or
 12 tenants. A tenant's election to have positive rental