NY State Senate Bill 2023-S1635

Senate Bill S1635

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires landlords to furnish each tenant either renewing or entering into a lease with a document describing the rights and duties of landlords and tenants

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee

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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Jan 03, 2024	referred to judiciary
Jan 13, 2023	referred to judiciary

2023-S1635 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: Real Property Law
Laws Affected:: Add §223-c, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S3537
2011-2012: S2827
2013-2014: S1168
2015-2016: S2241
2017-2018: S2970
2019-2020: S5542
2021-2022: S3084

2023-S1635 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires landlords to furnish each tenant either renewing or entering into a lease with a rider describing the rights and duties of landlords and tenants; requires the rider to conform to the intent of section 5-702 of the general obligations law.

2023-S1635 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1635

SPONSOR: STEWART-COUSINS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the real property law, in relation to requiring a land-
lord to furnish to each tenant signing a new or renewal lease a rider
describing the rights and duties of landlords and tenants

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to provide an additional protection to
tenants by supplying them with a "Renters Bill of Rights," which will
describe the rights and duties of tenants and landlords.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends the real property law by requiring any landlord
covered under article 7 of the real property law to provide a rider
along with new or renewed leases describing the rights and duties of the
contracting parties, including the relevant rent control or regulation
if relevant, and the appropriate administrative or judicial body for

landlord-tenant disputes. The front of all new and renewed leases shall
state in bold print that the rider comes attached-with the lease to
encourage the tenant to read it.  Additionally, the Commissioner of the
Division of Housing and Community Renewal shall prepare this "Renters
Bill of Rights,- written in plain language with common, every-day mean-
ings, within sixty days of this bill becoming law, and it shall be
printed in a larger font than the lease.

Section two is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The vast majority of tenants in New York and the United States are
unaware of their complete lights as renters. Landlords also are often
unaware of.tenants' rights, and often a conflict arises as a result of
ignorance on the part of both parties. By issuing a "Renters Bill of
Rights," there will be better communication and reduced conflict between
renters and landlords, and tenants will have added knowledge in refer-
ence to the laws that govern their housing.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-2022: S3084 Stewart-Cousins - Referred to Judiciary

2019-2020: S5542 Stewart-Cousins - Referred to Judiciary

2017-2018: S2970 Stewart-Cousins - Referred to Judiciary

2015-2016: S2241 Stewart-Cousins - Referred to Judiciary

2013-2014: S1168 Stewart-Cousins - Referred to Judiciary

2011-2012: S2827 Stewart-Cousins - Referred to Judiciary

2009-2010: S3537 Stewart-Cousins - Referred to Judiciary

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S1635 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1635
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- 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 a  land-
   lord  to furnish to each tenant signing a new or renewal lease a rider
   describing the rights and duties of landlords and 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
 223-c to read as follows:
   § 223-C. RENTERS' BILL OF RIGHTS. 1. EACH LANDLORD SUBJECT UNDER  THIS
 ARTICLE  SHALL FURNISH TO EACH TENANT EITHER RENEWING OR ENTERING INTO A
 LEASE, A RIDER DESCRIBING THE  RIGHTS  AND  DUTIES  OF  THE  CONTRACTING
 PARTIES.  THE LEASE SHALL HAVE IN BOLD PRINT APPEARING ON THE FIRST PAGE
 THE FOLLOWING: "ATTACHED TO THIS LEASE IS A 'RENTERS'  BILL  OF  RIGHTS'
 WITH THE PERTINENT RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES
 OF LANDLORDS AND TENANTS."  SUCH RIDER SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARD-
 ING  RELEVANT  RENT  CONTROL  OR  REGULATION, AS WELL AS THE APPROPRIATE
 ADMINISTRATIVE OR JUDICIAL BODY FOR HEARING  AND  DETERMINING  POTENTIAL
 DISPUTES BETWEEN LANDLORD AND TENANT.
   2. (A) THE RIDER SHALL BE IN A FORM PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
 THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL AND SHALL APPEAR IN LARGER
 TYPE THAN THE LEASE.
   (B)  THE  RIDER  SHALL  CONFORM  TO THE INTENT OF SECTION 5-702 OF THE
 GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.
   (C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE SIXTY DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE  OF
 THIS SECTION TO PREPARE AND FINALIZE THE RIDER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02277-02-3

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