STATE OF NEW YORK
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2371
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 18, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL, DAVILA -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
sabotage of rent regulated accommodations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 241.10 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 241.10 Sabotage of rent regulated accommodation.
4 An owner is guilty of sabotage of a rent regulated accommodation when,
5 with intent to cause a rent regulated tenant to vacate a housing accom-
6 modation, such owner, or agent under instruction or contract of the
7 owner:
8 1. With intent to impair habitability of a housing accommodation,
9 causes damage to such housing accommodation or ancillary utility or
10 apparatus to such housing accommodation; or
11 2. Recklessly causes damage to such housing accommodation or ancillary
12 utility or apparatus to such housing accommodation.
13 Sabotage of a rent regulated accommodation is a class D felony.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
15 ment to article 241 of the penal law made by section one of this act
16 shall not affect the repeal of such article and shall be deemed repealed
17 therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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