Bill Text: NY S06950 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 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. LBD11560-01-1S. 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.
