Senate Bill S3322

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Grants tenants right to withhold portion of rent for failure of landlord to provide heat

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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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2017-S3322 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11091
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add §235-h, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3858, A414
2011-2012: S458, A5948
2013-2014: S3168, A251
2015-2016: S2871, A5733
2019-2020: A2766

2017-S3322 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants tenants right to withhold one-tenth of one month's rent for each day the owner of a multiple dwelling fails to provide heat during winter months, from November to March, where the landlord is given 24 hours notice of insufficient heat.

2017-S3322 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3322 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3322
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KRUEGER, AVELLA, BAILEY, HOYLMAN, PERKINS, SERRANO,
   STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed  to  be
   committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real  property law, in relation to the right of
   tenants to withhold  rent  payments  for  the  landlord's  failure  to
   provide heat

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 235-h to read as follows:
   § 235-H. TENANT RIGHT TO WITHHOLD RENT FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE HEAT. IF
 ANY  OWNER  OF A MULTIPLE DWELLING RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING HEAT TO THE
 TENANTS OF SUCH DWELLING SHALL FAIL TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICE WITHIN TWEN-
 TY-FOUR HOURS OF A NOTIFICATION BY THE TENANT TO THE OWNER, HIS  OR  HER
 AGENT,  EMPLOYEE OR REPRESENTATIVE, THAT SUCH TENANT IS RECEIVING INSUF-
 FICIENT HEAT DURING THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER  THROUGH  MARCH,  THE  TENANT
 SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEDUCT ONE-TENTH OF ONE MONTH'S RENT FROM HIS OR
 HER  RENT  PAYMENTS FOR EACH DAY ON WHICH THE OWNER SHALL HAVE FAILED TO
 PROVIDE HEAT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05963-01-7

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