New York Senate Bill 3177 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Pending: Senate Housing, Construction, and Community Development Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that in cities with a population of one million or more, a tenant or group of tenants, after proper notice to the landlord of the existence of a hazardous violation of housing codes and certification of the existence of such violation by the local agency charged with enforcement of housing codes, may contract for the repair of such condition and offset the price of such repair from his rental payments if the landlord fails to commence work to correct the condition within a certain period after notice is received.

Provides that in cities with a population of one million or more, a tenant or group of tenants, after proper notice to the landlord of the existence of a hazardous violation of housing codes and certification of the existence of such violation by the local agency charged with enforcement of housing codes, may contract for the repair of such condition and offset the price of such repair from his rental payments if the landlord fails to commence work to correct the condition within a certain period after notice is received.

Sen. Liz Krueger [D]	Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson [D]	Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal [D]	Sen. Jose Serrano [D]
Sen. Toby Stavisky [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-08	Senate	REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
2013-01-31	Senate	REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S03177&term=2013&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S03177&term=2013&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S03177