Assembly Bill A5860

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Imposes additional requirements with respect to the duty of a landlord to provide tenants with a written receipt for rent paid

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A5860 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1285
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง235-e, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7510, S4125
2011-2012: A157, S339
2013-2014: A1772, S1376
2017-2018: A7550, S4432
2019-2020: A6192, S843

2015-A5860 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Imposes additional requirements with respect to the duty of a landlord to provide tenants with a written receipt for rent paid and directs the office of court administration to embark upon a campaign to inform tenants of their right to the same; authorizes the court to impose a twenty-five dollar rent reduction for each failure to comply with this section.

2015-A5860 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5860

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Housing

AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation  to  the  duty  of  a
  landlord to provide a written receipt of rent paid

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 235-e of the real property law, as amended by chap-
ter 848 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
  S 235-e. Duty of landlord to provide written  receipt.  (a)  Upon  the
receipt  of  rent  for  residential  premises in the form of cash or any
instrument other than the personal check of the tenant, it shall be  the
duty of the landlord to provide the payor OR IF PAID IN WHOLE OR PART BY
A  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT  OR THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY
ASSISTANCE, THEN THE TENANT,  with  a  written  receipt  containing  the
following:
  1. The date;
  2. The amount;
  3. The identity of the premises and period for which paid; and
  4.  The  signature  and  title of the person receiving the rent OR THE
PRINTED NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE LICENSED  REAL  ESTATE
BROKER  OR  FIRM IN CHARGE OF THE DWELLING OR THE PRINTED NAME, NEW YORK
CITY ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF  THE  MANAGING  AGENT  OR  DESIGNEE
DESCRIBED  IN  PARAGRAPH FIVE OF SUBDIVISION A OF SECTION 27-2098 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
  (b) Where a tenant, in writing, requests that  a  landlord  provide  a
receipt  for  rent  paid  by personal check, it shall be the duty of the
landlord to provide the payor with the receipt described in  subdivision
(a) of this section for each such request made in writing.
  (C)  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY OTHER REMEDY AUTHORIZED BY LAW, A COURT MAY
IMPOSE A TWENTY-FIVE DOLLAR REDUCTION IN THE RENT FOR  EACH  FAILURE  TO

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02298-01-5

              

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