New York Senate Bill 1129 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires tenants in housing court proceedings be given information pertaining to their rights including that only a judge may issue a warrant to evict them; requires that they should assert any defense or counterclaim in their answer and that they have a right to have the premises inspected to confirm any claim of dangerous or unhealthy conditions and that they may have a right to withhold rent for failure to make repairs and that OCA sells information to residential tenant screening companies.

Requires tenants in housing court proceedings be given information pertaining to their rights including that only a judge may issue a warrant to evict them; requires that they should assert any defense or counterclaim in their answer and that they have a right to have the premises inspected to confirm any claim of dangerous or unhealthy conditions and that they may have a right to withhold rent for failure to make repairs and that OCA sells information to residential tenant screening companies.

Sen. Brian Benjamin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-08	Senate	REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
2019-01-11	Senate	REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1129
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S01129&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S01129