Bill Text: NY A08111 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Enacts the "protection against unfair section 8 evictions (P.A.U.S.E.) act"; provides that in any case of public assistance where the municipality or section 8 refuses to pay the required portion of rent under any state, local or federal subsidy program due to building code violations or violations of the warranty of habitability pursuant to section two hundred thirty-five-b of the real property law, the tenant or lawful occupant of a dwelling shall not be required to pay his or her share under any state, local or federal subsidy program and shall not be subject to eviction summary proceedings for non-payment of rent or supplemental rent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to judiciary [A08111 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A08111-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Enacts the "protection against unfair section 8 evictions (P.A.U.S.E.) act"; provides that in any case of public assistance where the municipality or section 8 refuses to pay the required portion of rent under any state, local or federal subsidy program due to building code violations or violations of the warranty of habitability pursuant to section two hundred thirty-five-b of the real property law, the tenant or lawful occupant of a dwelling shall not be required to pay his or her share under any state, local or federal subsidy program and shall not be subject to eviction summary proceedings for non-payment of rent or supplemental rent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to judiciary [A08111 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A08111-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8111 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY October 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DE LOS SANTOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law and the real property law, in relation to unlawful eviction The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 768 of the real property actions and proceedings 2 law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. In any case of public assistance where the municipality or section 4 8 refuses to pay the required portion of rent under any state, local or 5 federal subsidy program due to building code violations or violations of 6 the warranty of habitability pursuant to section two hundred thirty- 7 five-b of the real property law, the tenant or lawful occupant of a 8 dwelling shall not be required to pay his or her share under any state, 9 local or federal subsidy program and shall not be subject to eviction 10 summary proceedings for non-payment of rent or supplemental rent. 11 § 2. Section 770 of the real property actions and proceedings law is 12 amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 13 3. In any case of public assistance where the municipality or section 14 8 refuses to pay the required portion of rent under any state, local or 15 federal subsidy program due to building code violations or violations of 16 the warranty of habitability pursuant to section two hundred thirty- 17 five-b of the real property law or pursuant to subdivision one of this 18 section, the tenants or lawful occupants of a dwelling shall not be 19 required to pay his or her share under a state, local or federal subsidy 20 program and shall not be subject to eviction summary proceedings for 21 non-payment of rent or supplemental rent. 22 § 3. Section 235-b of the real property law is amended by adding a new 23 subdivision 4 to read as follows: 24 4. In any case of public assistance where the municipality or section 25 8 refuses to pay the required portion of rent under any state, local or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13031-01-3A. 8111 2 1 federal subsidy program due to building code violations or violations of 2 the warranty of habitability pursuant to this section, the tenants or 3 lawful occupants of a dwelling shall not be required to pay his or her 4 share under any state, local or federal subsidy program and shall not be 5 subject to eviction summary proceedings for non-payment of rent or 6 supplemental rent. 7 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.