NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A2287
SPONSOR: Rosenthal TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the
definition of harassment
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To amend New York City administrative code to add illegal conversions of
dwelling units in the definition of harassment.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends paragraph 48 of subdivision a of section 27-2004 of the
administrative code for the city of New York by adding two new acts or
subparagraphs b-5 and b-6 which define illegal conversion of any exist-
ing facilities of any building, as subdivisions of rooms, erection or
demolition of walls, or the moving of any building from one location or
position to another. It also defined occupancy or use of dwelling units
as a class A multiple dwelling that would violate subdivision 8 of
section four of the multiple dwelling law that causes or is intended to
cause any person to vacate a dwelling unit, to surrender or waive any
rights in relation to such occupancy.
Section 2 provides for the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
As the housing crisis continues to worsen in the city of New York,
building owners and developers are using numerous tactics to harass
tenants. It is vital that we support our tenants by labeling such acts
as illegal conversion of dwellings a form of harassment.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-24: A.9233 - Advanced to Third Reading; S.2348 - Reported to Codes
2021-22: A.3387-A - Referred to Housing
2019-20: A.1849-A - Reported to Codes
2017-18: A.976 - Referred to Housing
2016: - Referred to Housing
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Undetermined
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2287
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the
definition of harassment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 48 of subdivision a of section 27-2004 of the
2 administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding two new
3 subparagraphs b-5 and b-6 to read as follows:
4 b-5. illegal conversion of any existing facilities of any building,
5 including but not limited to, the subdivision of rooms, erection or
6 demolition of walls, or the moving of any building from one location or
7 position to another in violation of any state or local law, ordinance,
8 code, rule, or regulation relating to real property, buildings, or
9 multiple dwellings;
10 b-6. occupancy or use of dwelling units in a class A multiple dwelling
11 that would violate subdivision eight of section four of the multiple
12 dwelling law;
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
14 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05724-01-5
