Senate Bill S633

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires contact information of landlords and land owners to be furnished to tenants

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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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2021-S633 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add §235-i, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4847
2019-2020: S5182

2021-S633 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires contact information of landlords and land owners to be furnished to tenants.

2021-S633 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S633 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    633
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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 requiring  contact
   information of landlords to be furnished to tenants

   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-i to read as follows:
   §  235-I.  CONTACT INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED TO TENANT. EVERY TENANT
 SHALL RECEIVE AT THE START OF THE TENANCY A WRITTEN DOCUMENT  CONTAINING
 THE  MOST  CURRENT NAME, VALID PHONE NUMBER, AND ADDRESS ABLE TO BE USED
 BY THE TENANT TO DIRECTLY CONTACT THE LANDLORD AND, IF THE  PROPERTY  IS
 OWNED  BY  A  THIRD PARTY SUCH AS A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, THE THIRD
 PARTY THAT HOLDS THE TITLE TO THE PROPERTY THAT IS BEING LEASED. IF  ANY
 OF THE CONTACT INFORMATION FURNISHED BECOMES INACCURATE, A WRITTEN DOCU-
 MENT SHALL BE PROVIDED TO EVERY TENANT WITH THE UPDATED CONTACT INFORMA-
 TION  WITHIN  THREE  DAYS OF THE ACQUISITION OF THE NEW CONTACT INFORMA-
 TION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04813-01-1

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