Bill Text: NY A01646 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to unlawful occupation; provides that if any dwelling or structure be occupied in violation of section three hundred two of the multiple residence law, no rent shall be recovered by the owner of such premises for said period, and no action for possession of said premises for nonpayment of such rent shall be maintained therefor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-11-06 - signed chap.444 [A01646 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01646-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1646
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 16, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. HUNTER, BARRON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Housing
        AN ACT to amend the multiple residence  law,  in  relation  to  unlawful
          occupation
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The multiple residence law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 302-a to read as follows:
     3    § 302-a. Unlawful occupation. 1. If any dwelling or structure be occu-
     4  pied  in  whole  or in part for human habitation in violation of section
     5  three hundred two of this article, no rent shall  be  recovered  by  the
     6  owner  of such premises for said period, and no action for possession of
     7  said premises for nonpayment of such rent shall be maintained therefor.
     8    2. The department charged with the enforcement  of  this  chapter  may
     9  cause  to  be  vacated any dwelling or any part thereof which contains a
    10  nuisance as defined in section three hundred five of this article, or is
    11  occupied by more families or persons than permitted in this chapter,  or
    12  is erected, altered or occupied contrary to law. Any such dwelling shall
    13  not again be occupied until it or its occupancy, as the case may be, has
    14  been made to conform to law.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04979-01-9
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