Establishes the lease and landlord fraud public awareness program to promote public awareness of the potential risks of signing a fraudulent lease with an individual misrepresenting themselves as a landlord.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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628
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. BOYLE, BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction
and Community Development
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the lease
and landlord fraud public awareness program to promote public aware-
ness of the potential risks of signing a fraudulent lease with an
individual misrepresenting themselves as a landlord
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraphs 14 and 15 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3
2 of section 94-a of the executive law, as added by section 21 of part A
3 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, are amended and a new subparagraph 16
4 is added to read as follows:
5 (14) cooperate with and assist consumers in class actions in proper
6 cases; [and]
7 (15) create an internet website or webpage pursuant to section three
8 hundred ninety-c of the general business law[.]; and
9 (16) (i) establish the lease and landlord fraud public awareness
10 program to promote public awareness of the potential risks of signing a
11 fraudulent lease with an individual misrepresenting themselves as a
12 landlord;
13 (ii) to implement the lease and landlord public awareness program, the
14 division shall:
15 A. develop a public education and outreach campaign including, but not
16 limited to, written materials and brochures to promote lease and land-
17 lord fraud awareness and educate the general public on fraudulent leases
18 and individuals misrepresenting themselves as landlords; and
19 B. develop educational materials and brochures which shall be made
20 available to the general public and local municipalities.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00066-01-9
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1 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
2 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
3 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
4 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
5 completed on or before such effective date.
