New York Senate Bill 8865 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on July 31 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-31 - REFERRED TO RULES
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Relates to suspending rent payments for certain tenants due to the state of emergency declared by Executive Order No. 202, where they have lost earned income or were forced to close their place of business; requires landlords to accept 20 percent or one-third of contractual rent each month; requires the superintendent of the department of financial services to establish and implement an interim commercial rent relief program to support covered tenants and landlords impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Relates to suspending rent payments for certain tenants due to the state of emergency declared by Executive Order No. 202, where they have lost earned income or were forced to close their place of business; requires landlords to accept 20 percent or one-third of contractual rent each month; requires the superintendent of the department of financial services to establish and implement an interim commercial rent relief program to support covered tenants and landlords impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal [D]	Sen. Alessandra Biaggi [D]	Sen. Robert Jackson [D]	Sen. Timothy Kennedy [D]
Sen. Rachel May [D]	Sen. Zellnor Myrie [D]	Sen. Gustavo Rivera [D]	Sen. Julia Salazar [D]
Sen. Luis Sepulveda [D]	Sen. Jose Serrano [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-31	Senate	REFERRED TO RULES

A10901 (Same As) 2020-08-17 - referred to small business

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8865
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S08865&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S08865