Prohibits the use, with exceptions, of an electronic entry card or device as a mechanism for resident or resident's guest to enter or exit a residential building unless such resident affirmatively consents in writing to use of such card or device.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2308
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 24, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to electronic entry
cards which register personal identifying information
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general city law is amended by adding a new section
2 18-e to read as follows:
3 § 18-e. Electronic entry cards or devices. An electronic entry card or
4 device which contains, registers or records personal identifying infor-
5 mation shall not be required as a mechanism for a resident or resident's
6 guest to enter or exit a residential building or apartment unless such
7 resident affirmatively consents in writing to use of such card or
8 device. Such consent shall not be a term or condition of a lease and
9 shall not be valid unless such resident is notified in writing that such
10 consent is entirely optional and is not required for occupancy. A resi-
11 dent's withholding of such consent shall not have any effect whatsoever
12 on the terms and conditions of the resident's occupancy. For the
13 purposes of this section, personal identifying information shall
14 include, but not be limited to, a photograph, name, address, unit or
15 apartment number, and time of entrance or exit, and a residential build-
16 ing shall mean an apartment house.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
18 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02185-01-9
