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                                  1849--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. RICHARDSON, MOSLEY, EPSTEIN, GOTTFRIED, TAYLOR,
   ARROYO, DE LA ROSA, REYES, PICHARDO, D'URSO, BLAKE --  Multi-Sponsored
   by -- M.  of A. COOK, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the
   definition of harassment
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The opening paragraph of paragraph 48 of subdivision a of
 section 27-2004 of the administrative code of the city of New  York,  as
 amended  by  local  law  number 184 of the city of New York for the year
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   Except where otherwise provided, the term "harassment" shall mean  THE
 ILLEGAL CONVERSION OF ANY EXISTING FACILITIES OF ANY BUILDING, INCLUDING
 BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, THE SUBDIVISION OF ROOMS, ERECTION OR DEMOLITION OF
 WALLS OR THE MOVING OF ANY BUILDING FROM ONE  LOCATION  OR  POSITION  TO
 ANOTHER IN VIOLATION OF ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, CODE, RULE OR
 REGULATION  RELATING  TO REAL PROPERTY, BUILDINGS OR MULTIPLE DWELLINGS;
 OCCUPANCY OR USE OF DWELLING UNITS IN A CLASS A MULTIPLE  DWELLING  THAT
 WOULD VIOLATE SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING
 LAW;  OR any act or omission by or on behalf of an owner that (i) causes
 or is intended to cause any person lawfully entitled to occupancy  of  a
 dwelling  unit to vacate such dwelling unit or to surrender or waive any
 rights in relation to such occupancy, and (ii) includes one or  more  of
 the following acts or omissions, provided that there shall be a rebutta-
 ble  presumption that such acts or omissions were intended to cause such
 person to vacate such dwelling unit or to surrender or waive any  rights
 in  relation  to  such occupancy, except that such presumption shall not
 apply to such acts or omissions with respect to a private  dwelling,  as
 defined in paragraph six of subdivision a of THIS section [27-2004]:
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
              

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04438-02-9