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S00127 Summary:

BILL NOS00127
 
SAME ASSAME AS A01300
 
SPONSORCOMRIE
 
COSPNSRFERNANDEZ, MAY, PALUMBO, SCARCELLA-SPANTON
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§26-1301 & 26-1303, NYC Ad Cd; add §§703 & 770-a, RPAP L
 
Provides that any small property owner that owns twenty units or less shall be entitled to free legal services if such small property owner can prove a loss of at least twenty percent of rent payments in a calendar year; defines "small property owner" as any lessor in a residential real property transaction, and includes an owner of twenty units or less who lists residential real property for lease with an agent, whether or not a lease results, or who receives an offer to lease twenty units of residential real property or less.
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S00127 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           127
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 and  the
          real  property  actions  and  proceedings law, in relation to granting
          legal services to small property owners
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section 26-1301 of the administrative code of the city of
     2  New York, as added by local law number 136 for the year 2017, is amended
     3  by adding a twelfth undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
     4    "Small property owner" shall mean any lessor  in  a  residential  real
     5  property  transaction, and includes an owner of twenty units or less who
     6  lists residential real property for lease with an agent, whether or  not
     7  a lease results, or who receives an offer to lease twenty units of resi-
     8  dential real property or less in the city of New York.
     9    §  2.  Section  26-1303  of the administrative code of the city of New
    10  York is amended by adding a new subdivision e to read as follows:
    11    e. Any small property owner shall be entitled to free  legal  services
    12  if such small property owner can prove a loss of at least twenty percent
    13  of rent payments in a calendar year.
    14    §  3.  The  real  property  actions  and proceedings law is amended by
    15  adding a new section 703 to read as follows:
    16    § 703. Small property owner; legal services.  Any small property owner
    17  shall be entitled to free legal services if such  small  property  owner
    18  can prove a loss of at least twenty percent of rent payments in a calen-
    19  dar  year.    For  the  purposes of this section, "small property owner"
    20  shall mean any lessor in a residential real  property  transaction,  and
    21  includes  an  owner  of  twenty units or less who lists residential real
    22  property for lease with an agent, whether or not a lease results, or who
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00712-01-5

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     1  receives an offer to lease twenty units of residential real property  or
     2  less.
     3    §  4.  The  real  property  actions  and proceedings law is amended by
     4  adding a new section 770-a to read as follows:
     5    § 770-a. Small property owner;  legal  services.  Any  small  property
     6  owner  shall  be  entitled to free legal services if such small property
     7  owner can prove a loss of at least twenty percent of rent payments in  a
     8  calendar year.  For the purposes of this section, "small property owner"
     9  shall  mean  any  lessor in a residential real property transaction, and
    10  includes an owner of twenty units or less  who  lists  residential  real
    11  property for lease with an agent, whether or not a lease results, or who
    12  receives  an offer to lease twenty units of residential real property or
    13  less.
    14    § 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    15  have become a law.
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