STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9327 IN ASSEMBLY February 18, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RICHARDSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the definition of harassment The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph 48 of subdivision a of 2 section 27-2004 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as 3 added by local law number 7 of the city of New York for the year 2008, 4 is amended to read as follows: 5 Except where otherwise provided, the term "harassment" shall mean that 6 an owner has engaged in conduct in violation of section 28-210.3 of this 7 chapter; or any act or omission by or on behalf of an owner that (i) 8 causes or is intended to cause any person lawfully entitled to occupancy 9 of a dwelling unit to vacate such dwelling unit or to surrender or waive 10 any rights in relation to such occupancy, and (ii) includes one or more 11 of the following: 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 13 have become law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13902-01-6