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S01635 Summary:

BILL NO	S01635
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	STEWART-COUSINS
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §223-c, RP L
Requires landlords to furnish each tenant either renewing or entering into a lease with a rider describing the rights and duties of landlords and tenants; requires the rider to conform to the intent of section 5-702 of the general obligations law.

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S01635 Actions:

BILL NO	S01635
01/13/2023	REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
01/03/2024	REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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S01635 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1635
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 13, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
        AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to requiring a  land-
          lord  to furnish to each tenant signing a new or renewal lease a rider
          describing the rights and duties of landlords and tenants

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  real property law is amended by adding a new section
     2  223-c to read as follows:
     3    § 223-c. Renters' Bill of Rights. 1. Each landlord subject under  this
     4  article  shall furnish to each tenant either renewing or entering into a
     5  lease, a rider describing the  rights  and  duties  of  the  contracting
     6  parties.  The lease shall have in bold print appearing on the first page
     7  the following: "Attached to this lease is a 'Renters'  Bill  of  Rights'
     8  with the pertinent rules and regulations governing the rights and duties
     9  of landlords and tenants."  Such rider shall include information regard-
    10  ing  relevant  rent  control  or  regulation, as well as the appropriate
    11  administrative or judicial body for hearing  and  determining  potential
    12  disputes between landlord and tenant.
    13    2. (a) The rider shall be in a form promulgated by the commissioner of
    14  the division of housing and community renewal and shall appear in larger
    15  type than the lease.
    16    (b)  The  rider  shall  conform  to the intent of section 5-702 of the
    17  general obligations law.
    18    (c) The commissioner shall have sixty days from the effective date  of
    19  this section to prepare and finalize the rider.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02277-02-3

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