Bill Text: NY A10193 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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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: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-14 - REFERRED TO RULES [A10193 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10193-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                        10193--B
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 22, 2018
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. HUNTER, BARRON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Housing -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and
          referred  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        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.
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