Bill Text: NY S06636 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires an owner of real property to provide notice to tenants of a residential lease as to whether a certificate of occupancy, if such certificate is required by law, is currently valid for the dwelling subject to the lease.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-11-29 - SIGNED CHAP.446 [S06636 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06636-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6636
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 8, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to protecting tenants
          from illegally converted dwellings
          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  235-bb to read as follows:
     3    § 235-bb. Certificates of occupancy; required disclosure to tenant. 1.
     4  Prior to executing a  residential  lease  or  rental  agreement  with  a
     5  tenant,  the  owner of real property consisting of three or fewer rental
     6  units shall provide conspicuous notice in bold face type as to whether a
     7  certificate of occupancy, if such certificate is  required  by  law,  is
     8  currently  valid  for  the  dwelling unit subject to the lease or rental
     9  agreement. Owners who provide the tenant with  an  actual  copy  of  the
    10  valid certificate of occupancy shall be deemed to have complied with the
    11  requirements of this subdivision.
    12    2.  Any  agreement  by  a  lessee  or  tenant of premises for dwelling
    13  purposes waiving or modifying his or her rights as  set  forth  in  this
    14  section shall be void as contrary to public policy.
    15    §  2. This act shall take effect immediately and apply to all residen-
    16  tial leases entered into on and after such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13005-01-7