Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S00027 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Adriano Espaillat [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-047	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Liz Krueger [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-028	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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