New York Assembly Bill 2036 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-29 - print number 2036a
Pending: Assembly Housing Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Provides that with respect to apartments covered by rent control, rent stabilization, or the emergency tenant protection act, a landlord must be free of outstanding building code violations to bring an action or proceeding for rent or eviction; provides alternative provisions for disputed violations; requires tenants to pay rent into an interest bearing account to be maintained by the court during the pendency of the dispute over the violation; payments may be made from such account to cover utility bills and the making of necessary repairs if the dispute is resolved in favor of the tenant; provides that if such dispute is resolved in favor of the landlord, then he or she shall receive all such payments with interest thereon.

Provides that with respect to apartments covered by rent control, rent stabilization, or the emergency tenant protection act, a landlord must be free of outstanding building code violations to bring an action or proceeding for rent or eviction; provides alternative provisions for disputed violations; requires tenants to pay rent into an interest bearing account to be maintained by the court during the pendency of the dispute over the violation; payments may be made from such account to cover utility bills and the making of necessary repairs if the dispute is resolved in favor of the tenant; provides that if such dispute is resolved in favor of the landlord, then he or she shall receive all such payments with interest thereon.

Asm. Linda Rosenthal [D]	Asm. Richard Gottfried [D]	Asm. Jeffrey Dinowitz [D]	Asm. William Colton [D]
Asm. Deborah Glick [D]	Asm. Nick Perry [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-29	Assembly	print number 2036a
2020-01-29	Assembly	amend and recommit to housing
2020-01-08	Assembly	referred to housing
2019-01-22	Assembly	referred to housing

S04788 (Same As) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2036
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02036&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A02036
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02036&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A02036A