Bill Text: NY A04557 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes an expedited non-payment procedure for owner occupied dwellings with 3 or fewer units in NYC instructing housing judges to render a decision within 45 days of filing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to judiciary [A04557 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04557-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          4557
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 4, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. WRIGHT, WILLIAMS, BLAKE, D'URSO -- Multi-Spon-
          sored by -- M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the  Committee
          on Judiciary
        AN  ACT  to  amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to the
          establishment of an expedited non-payment procedure for landlords  who
          own and occupy a dwelling of three or fewer units
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 110 of the New York  city  civil
     2  court act is amended by adding a new paragraph 5-a to read as follows:
     3    (5-a)  Expedited  actions  for  landlords who own and occupy dwellings
     4  with three or fewer units to recover possession of residential premises,
     5  to remove tenants therefrom,  and  to  render  judgment  for  rent  due,
     6  including  without  limitation  those  cases in which a tenant alleges a
     7  defense under section seven hundred  fifty-five  of  the  real  property
     8  actions and proceedings law, relating to a stay of proceeding action for
     9  rent  upon  failure  to make repairs, section three hundred two-a of the
    10  multiple dwelling law, relating to the abatement  of  rent  in  case  of
    11  certain  violations  of  section  D26-41.21  of such housing maintenance
    12  code.
    13    § 2. Section 110 of the New York city civil court act  is  amended  by
    14  adding a new subdivision (q) to read as follows:
    15    (q)  Notwithstanding any state or local statute, regulation, or agree-
    16  ment to the contrary, the housing part of the civil court shall  provide
    17  an  expedited  procedure for a landlord seeking relief pursuant to para-
    18  graph five-a of subdivision (a) of this section. The expedited procedure
    19  shall ensure that decisions in such matters are rendered  within  forty-
    20  five  days  from the date of filing, so as to minimize any loss of rents
    21  paid to the landlord.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00603-01-9
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