New York A 6423: Makes rent stabilized dwelling units eligible for certain protections

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A06423 Summary:

BILL NOA06423A

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SAME ASSAME AS S00952-B

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SPONSORLasher

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COSPNSRRosenthal

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §7-107, Gen Ob L

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Requires that the entire amount of a rental deposit or advance be refundable to the tenant upon the tenant's vacating of the premises except for an amount lawfully retained for non-payment of rent or utilities, damage caused by the tenant, or storage costs; requires landlord to provide an itemized statement of damages and to return the balance of the deposit within 14 days; requires that tenant be given the opportunity to inspect the rental premises prior to signing a lease; allows a grantee or assignee of the leased premises to demand that an escrow account be opened.

Go to top A06423 Actions:

BILL NOA06423A

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03/04/2025referred to judiciary

04/08/2025amend and recommit to judiciary

04/08/2025print number 6423a

04/15/2025reported referred to codes

04/28/2025reported referred to rules

04/29/2025reported 

04/29/2025rules report cal.154

04/29/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.154

04/30/2025substituted by s952b

&nbspS00952 AMEND=B KAVANAGH

&nbsp01/08/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

&nbsp02/11/20251ST REPORT CAL.344

&nbsp02/12/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp02/24/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp02/26/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 952A

&nbsp04/09/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 952B

&nbsp04/29/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp04/29/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp04/29/2025referred to codes

&nbsp04/30/2025substituted for a6423a

&nbsp04/30/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.154

&nbsp05/27/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/27/2025returned to senate

&nbsp10/09/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp10/16/2025SIGNED CHAP.436

Go to topA06423 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:JUDICIARY Chair:Lavine 
DATE:04/15/2025AYE/NAY:15/5 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes LavineAyeTannousisNay

PretlowAyeWalshNay

BraunsteinAyeBrownExcused

SteckAyeMikulinNay

SeawrightAyeSmithNay

WalkerAyeMolitorNay

BronsonAye

MitaynesAye

RajkumarAye

SimonAye

StirpeAye

LunsfordAye

KassayAye

ShimskyAye

CarrollAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:04/28/2025AYE/NAY:15/6 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookAyeReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinNay

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelExcused

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

BronsonAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Heastie 
DATE:04/29/2025AYE/NAY:21/8 Action: Favorable HeastieAyeBarclayExcused

PretlowAyeHawleyNay

CookAyeBlankenbushNay

GlickAyeRaNay

DinowitzAyeBrabenecNay

ColtonAyePalmesanoNay

MagnarelliAyeReillyNay

PaulinAyeSmithNay

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenNay

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelExcused

Go to topA06423 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA06423 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6423--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 4, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. LASHER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
 as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to the liabil-
 ity of a grantee or assignee for deposits made by tenants upon convey-
 ance of rent stabilized dwelling units

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

 1 Section 1. Section 7-107 of the general obligations law, as added by
 2 chapter 917 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 7-107. [Liability of a grantee or assignee for deposits] Deposits
 4 made by tenants [upon conveyance] of rent stabilized dwelling units. 1.
 5 This section shall apply only to dwelling units subject to the New York
 6 city rent stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine or the emer-
 7 gency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four.
 8 2. [(a) Any grantee or assignee of any dwelling unit referred to in
 9 subdivision one of this section shall be liable to a tenant for an