New York S 3870: Prohibits the eviction of small commercial tenants in the city of New York without good cause

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S03870 Summary:

BILL NOS03870 

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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Add Title 22 Chap 14 §§22-1401 - 22-1406, NYC Ad Cd

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Prohibits the eviction of small commercial tenants in the city of New York without good cause.

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BILL NOS03870 

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO CITIES 1

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3870

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to prohibiting the eviction of small commercial tenants in
 the city of New York without good cause

 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 "Stop The
 2 Outrageous Retail Evictions Act" or the "STORE Act".
 3 § 2. Title 22 of the administrative code of the city of New York is
 4 amended by adding a new chapter 14 to read as follows:
 5 CHAPTER 14
 6 EVICTION PROTECTIONS FOR SMALL COMMERCIAL PREMISES
 7 § 22-1401 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms
 8 shall have the following meanings:
 9 1. "Landlord" shall mean any owner, lessor, sublessor, assignor, or
 10 other person receiving or entitled to receive rent for the occupancy of
 11 any small commercial premises, or an agent of any of the foregoing.
 12 2. "Rent" shall mean any consideration, including any bonus, benefit
 13 or gratuity demanded or received by a landlord for or in connection with
 14 the possession, use or occupancy of a small commercial premises or the
 15 execution or transfer of a lease for such small commercial premises.
 16 3. "Small commercial premises" shall mean a premises that is occupied
 17 or used, or could be occupied or used, for the purpose of offering or
 18 selling goods at retail and has no more than one thousand square feet of
 19 retail space.
 20 4. "Tenant" shall mean a person or entity lawfully occupying a small
 21 commercial premises pursuant to a lease or other rental agreement.
 22 § 22-1402 Scope. This chapter shall apply only to all small commercial
 23 premises in the city of New York.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07184-01-5

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 1 § 22-1403 Necessity for good cause. No landlord shall, by action to
 2 evict or to recover possession, by exclusion from possession, by failure
 3 to renew any lease, or otherwise, remove any tenant from any small
 4 commercial premises covered by this chapter except for good cause pursu-
 5 ant to section 22-1404 of this chapter.
 6 § 22-1404 Grounds for removal of tenants. 1. No landlord shall remove
 7 a tenant from any small commercial premises, or attempt such removal or
 8 exclusion from possession, notwithstanding that the tenant has no writ-
 9 ten lease or that the lease or other rental agreement has expired or
 10 otherwise terminated, except upon order of a court of competent juris-
 11 diction entered in an appropriate judicial action or proceeding in which
 12 the petitioner or plaintiff has established one of the following grounds
 13 as good cause for removal or eviction:
 14 (a) The tenant has failed to pay rent due and owing, provided that the
 15 rent due and owing, or any part thereof, is not the result of:
 16 (i) a rent increase which is unconscionable or imposed for the purpose
 17 of circumventing the intent of this chapter. In determining whether all
 18 or part of the rent due and owing is the result of an unconscionable
 19 rent increase, it shall be a rebuttable presumption that the rent for a
 20 small commercial premises is unconscionable if said rent has been
 21 increased in any calendar year by a percentage exceeding one and one-
 22 half times the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for
 23 the city of New York, a