NY S01291 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 6 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Requires tenants in housing court proceedings be given information pertaining to their rights including that only a judge may issue a warrant to evict them; they should assert any defense or counterclaim in their answer, that they have a right to have the premises inspected to confirm any claim of dangerous or unhealthy conditions, that they may have a right to withhold rent for failure to make repairs and that OCA sells information to residential tenant screening companies.
Title
Requires tenants in housing court proceedings be given information pertaining to their rights including that only a judge may issue a warrant to evict them; they should assert any defense or counterclaim in their answer, that they have a right to have the premises inspected to confirm any claim of dangerous or unhealthy conditions, that they may have a right to withhold rent for failure to make repairs and that OCA sells information to residential tenant screening companies.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2012-01-04 | Senate | REFERRED TO JUDICIARY |
2011-01-06 | Senate | REFERRED TO JUDICIARY |
Same As/Similar To
A00506 (Same As) 2012-01-04 - referred to judiciary