New York A 4284: Expands the right to seek the appointment of administrators of buildings, pursuant to article 7-A, to tenants and local governments throughout to make procedures conform with realities of housing stock; repealer

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A04284 Summary:

BILL NOA04284 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMeeks

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COSPNSRClark, Simone, Bichotte Hermelyn, Taylor, Reyes, Levenberg, Davila, Raga

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §777, amd RPAP L, generally; amd §110, NYC Civ Ct Act; amd §202, Chap 570 of 1909; amd §3, Chap 464 of
2021

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Expands the right to seek the appointment of administrators of buildings to tenants and local governments throughout the state and to make procedures conform with realities of housing stock throughout the state.

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BILL NOA04284 

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02/04/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4284

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MEEKS, CLARK, SIMONE, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, TAYLOR,
 REYES, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judici-
 ary

 AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law and the
 New York city civil court act, in relation to expanding the right to
 seek the appointment of administrators of buildings, pursuant to arti-
 cle 7-A of the real property actions and proceedings law, to tenants
 and local governments throughout the state and to make procedures
 conform with realities of housing stock throughout the state; to amend
 chapter 570 of the laws of 1909 relating to the establishment of the
 city court of Buffalo, in relation to actions and proceedings under
 article 7-A of the real property actions and proceedings law; to amend
 chapter 464 of the laws of 2021 relating to enacting the Rochester
 housing court act, in relation to actions and proceedings under arti-
 cle 7-A of the real property actions and proceedings law; and to
 repeal section 777 of the real property actions and proceedings law
 relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 769 of the real property actions
 2 and proceedings law, as amended by chapter 877 of the laws of 1982, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. A special proceeding by tenants of a dwelling [in the city of New
 5 York or the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester] or by
 6 the department or agency of a city, town, village, or county responsible
 7 for the enforcement of the multiple dwelling law, the multiple residence
 8 law, the uniform fire prevention and building code, or any other law,
 9 code or ordinance governing the occupancy and maintenance of residential
 10 property or addressing conditions dangerous to health, life, and safety
 11 in the municipality or county where the dwelling is located (hereinafter
 12 in this article referred to as "the housing standards department") for a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07373-01-5

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 1 judgment directing the deposit of rents into court and their use for the
 2 purpose of remedying conditions dangerous to life, health or safety may
 3 be maintained in the civil court of the city of New York, the district
 4 court of the counties of Suffolk and Nassau, the housing courts in the
 5 cities of Buffalo and Rochester, and the county courts [or], city courts
 6 or town courts in [the counties of Rockland and Westchester] all other
 7 counties.
 8 § 2. Section 770 of the real property actions and proceedings law, as
 9 amended by chapter 655 of the laws of 1978, subdivision 1 as amended by
 10 chapter 455 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
 11 § 770. Grounds for the proceeding. 1. One-third or more of the tenants
 12 occupying a dwelling [located in the city of New York or the commission-
 13 er of the department of the city of New York charged with enforcement of
 14 the housing maintenance code of such city, or in the counties of Nassau,
 15 Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester] and/or the housing standards depart-
 16 ment may [maintain] commence a special proceeding as provided in this
 17 article, upon the ground that there exists