Bill Text: NY S06950 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires owners to provide essential services and habitability for interim multiple dwelling units; allows occupants of interim multiple dwelling units to bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-10 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7667 [S06950 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06950-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6950

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 20, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
          Community Development

        AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to interim multi-
          ple dwellings

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 282-a of the multiple dwelling law, as  amended  by
     2  chapter 41 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  282-a.  Applications for coverage of interim multiple dwellings and
     4  residential units. 1. Where any occupant has filed  an  application  for
     5  coverage  pursuant to this article and has received a docket number from
     6  the loft board, it shall be unlawful for an owner to cause or intend  to
     7  cause such occupant to vacate, surrender or waive any rights in relation
     8  to  such  occupancy, due to repeated interruptions or discontinuances of
     9  essential services, or an interruption or discontinuance of an essential
    10  service for an extended duration or of such significance as to  substan-
    11  tially  impair  habitability  of  such unit, at any time before the loft
    12  board has made a final determination, including appeals, to  approve  or
    13  deny  such  application.  This  section  shall  not  grant any rights of
    14  continued occupancy other than  those  otherwise  granted  by  law.  Any
    15  agreement  that  waives  or limits the benefits of this section shall be
    16  deemed void as against public policy. In addition to any other  remedies
    17  provided  in  this  article  for failure to be in compliance, in article
    18  eight of this chapter, or in the regulations  promulgated  by  the  loft
    19  board,  an occupant who has filed an application with the loft board for
    20  coverage under this article may commence an action or  proceeding  in  a
    21  court   of  competent  jurisdiction,  which  notwithstanding  any  other
    22  provision of law shall include the housing part of  the  New  York  city
    23  civil court, to enforce the provisions of this section.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11560-01-1
        S. 6950                             2

     1    2.  It  shall be unlawful for any owner to interrupt, deny, or discon-
     2  tinue essential services, or to impair the habitability  of  an  interim
     3  multiple dwelling unit or building. In addition to any remedies provided
     4  under  this  article,  regulations promulgated by the loft board, or any
     5  other law or regulation governing the housing standards, any occupant of
     6  an  interim  multiple dwelling may commence an action or proceeding in a
     7  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  which,  notwithstanding  any   other
     8  provision  of  law,  shall include the housing part of the New York city
     9  civil court, to enforce the provisions of this  section.  Any  agreement
    10  that  waives or limits the benefits of this section shall be deemed void
    11  as against public policy.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall  apply  to  any
    13  action  or proceeding pending or on appeal on the date on which this act
    14  shall have become a law.