Senate Bill S8035

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to provide names and contact information of residents to emergency personnel

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Current Bill Status Via A8494 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-S8035 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8494
Law Section:
Multiple Residence Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16, Mult Res L; amd §15, Mult Dwell L (as proposed in S.2294-A & A.2134-A)

2023-S8035 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires owners and agents of multiple residences and multiple dwellings to update the list of names and contact information of residents provided to emergency personnel where such owner is an authority as such term is defined in section three of the public housing law, including all such authorities established after the first day of January, nineteen hundred thirty-nine, upon annual recertification.

2023-S8035 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8035 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8035
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the multiple residence law  and  the  multiple  dwelling
   law, in relation to requiring owners and agents of multiple residences
   and  multiple  dwellings  to  provide names and contact information of
   residents to emergency personnel

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 16 of the multiple residence law,
 as added by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending  the  multiple  resi-
 dence law and the multiple dwelling law relating to requiring owners and
 agents  of  multiple  residences and multiple dwellings to provide names
 and contact information of residents to emergency personnel, as proposed
 in legislative bills numbers S.2294-A and A.2134-A, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   2. The owner or agent of such multiple residence shall update the list
 of  names and contact information of all affected residents or occupants
 of such multiple residence upon the execution  of  a  new  lease,  lease
 renewal  or lease amendment, OR WHERE SUCH OWNER IS AN AUTHORITY AS SUCH
 TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE OF THE PUBLIC  HOUSING  LAW,  INCLUDING
 ALL  SUCH  AUTHORITIES ESTABLISHED AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, NINE-
 TEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE,  UPON  ANNUAL  RECERTIFICATION.  Specific  and
 informed  written consent shall be obtained by the owner or agent of the
 multiple residence from each occupant or resident each time the list  is
 updated  and  no  occupant's  or  resident's name or contact information
 shall be included in such list without their specific and informed writ-
 ten consent. Written notice shall be provided to the occupant  or  resi-
 dent about the contact list and shall include but not be limited to that
 such  list  is  maintained  by  the  owner  and  the potential impact of
 opting-out.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 15 of  the  multiple  dwelling  law,  as
 added  by  a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the multiple residence
 law and the multiple dwelling  law  relating  to  requiring  owners  and
 agents  of  multiple  residences and multiple dwellings to provide names
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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