New York A 8454: Relates to creating the tenants' bill of rights

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A08454 Summary:

BILL NOA08454A

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SAME ASSAME AS S08857

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SPONSORBichotte Hermelyn

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §230-a, RP L

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Requires a notice informing tenants of their rights to be provided to tenants at the time they execute a residential lease and to be posted in certain buildings.

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BILL NOA08454A

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05/16/2025referred to housing

06/05/2025amend and recommit to housing

06/05/2025print number 8454a

01/07/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8454--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Housing -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to creating the
 tenants' bill of rights

 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 "tenants'
 2 bill of rights".
 3 § 2. The real property law is amended by adding a new section 230-a to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 230-a. Tenants' bill of rights. 1. Any tenant who occupies a rental
 6 property as their primary residence shall have the following rights:
 7 (a) the right to premises that are fit for human habitation as
 8 provided by the warranty of habitability provided by section two hundred
 9 thirty-five-b of this article;
 10 (b) the right to form, join or participate in tenants' groups as
 11 provided in section two hundred thirty of this article;
 12 (c) the right to be free from retaliation by landlord against the
 13 tenant as provided in section two hundred twenty-three-b of this arti-
 14 cle;
 15 (d) in buildings with four or more residential units, the right to
 16 sublease or assign the tenant's rights to the unit in accordance with
 17 the provisions of section two hundred twenty-six-b of this article;
 18 (e) the right to notice of rent increase or non-renewal of the resi-
 19 dential tenancy as provided in section two hundred twenty-six-c of this
 20 article;
 21 (f) the right to terminate the lease in accordance with the provisions
 22 of section two hundred twenty-seven-a, two hundred twenty-seven-b or two
 23 hundred twenty-seven-c of this article;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13051-02-5

 A. 8454--A 2

 1 (g) the right to offset payments made to a utility company against the
 2 rent due as provided in section two hundred thirty-five-a of this arti-
 3 cle, applicable to any residential unit;
 4 (h) the right to receive a receipt for the payment of rent as provided
 5 in section two hundred thirty-five-e of this article;
 6 (i) the right not to utilize an electronic billing and/or payment
 7 system as the only method for the payment of rent as provided in section
 8 two hundred thirty-five-g of this article; and
 9 (j) the rights pertaining to security depositor advance payment of
 10 rent as provided in sections 7-103, 7-105, 7-107 and/or 7-108 of the
 11 general obligations law.
 12 2. Subject to the provisions of subdivision three of this section,
 13 each landlord renting a residential unit in this state shall:
 14 (a) attach a copy of the tenants' bill of rights to each written lease
 15 and provide the same to the tenant with the executed lease;
 16 (b) provide a copy of the tenants' bill of rights to each tenant
 17 entering into an oral lease at the time the tenant agrees to the lease;
 18 and
 19 (c) for units containing more than six rental units, affix a notice to
 20 tenants of the rights described in this section to the front entrance to
 21 the rental premises or elsewhere in the building in a location readily
 22 available to the tenants.
 23 3. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, the
 24 provisions of this section apply to written and/or oral leases for resi-
 25 dential property, including leases for subsidized, rent-regulated or
 2