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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Senate Bill S6010
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 32nd Senate District
2023-S6010 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A2042
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Real Property Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §235-b, RP L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
S5474, A6842
2015-2016: S2758, A6750
2017-2018: S3618, A6256
2019-2020: S4794, A6266
2021-2022: S5070, A5546
2023-S6010 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6010 SPONSOR: PARKER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the real property law, in relation to enforcement of the warranty of habitability PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to amend the Real Property Law by granting the courts discretion to award punitive damages in cases where the warranty of habitability is breached intentionally or with conscious disregard to severe risks to the life, health, or safety of the tenant. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. Legislative findings and purpose. Section 2. Section 235-b of the real property law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4
2023-S6010 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6010 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, SEPULVEDA -- 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 enforcement of the warranty of habitability THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature hereby finds that the rental housing market in the state of New York remains in a state of crisis, due not only to severe shortages in the stock of safe and affordable housing but also to the state of disrepair and blight that afflicts rental housing opportunities available to people of lower incomes throughout the state. The legislature further finds that the warranty of habitability set forth in section 235-b of the real property law represents a critical safeguard of the health and safety of tenants across the state of New York by requiring that all rental housing accom- modations be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition for the tenants; that enforcement efforts by the several agencies of the city of New York and the state of New York, although often successful, are not always sufficient to deter such breaches of the warranty by such owners and landlords, so that in spite of the protections provided by law, every year many tenants in the state of New York must endure housing conditions that fail to meet the basic standards of safety required by law. In light of the foregoing, the legislature hereby finds that the state of New York must adopt additional measures to deter the most egre- gious breaches of the warranty of habitability set forth in section 235-b of the real property law, and that the codification of law award- ing punitive damages to tenants who suffer intentional breaches of the warranty is an appropriate method to realize such a purpose. The legis- lature therefore enacts the following law granting the courts discretion to award punitive damages in cases where the warranty of habitability set forth in section 235-b of the real property law is breached inten- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06745-01-3
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