Bill Text: NY A00976 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 976 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the definition of harassment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to housing [A00976 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00976-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           976
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 10, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RICHARDSON  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Housing
        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the
          definition of harassment
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph 48 of subdivision  a  of
     2  section  27-2004  of the administrative code of the city of New York, as
     3  added by local law number 7 of the city of New York for the  year  2008,
     4  is amended to read as follows:
     5    Except where otherwise provided, the term "harassment" shall mean that
     6  an owner has engaged in conduct in violation of section 28-210.3 of this
     7  chapter;  or  any  act  or omission by or on behalf of an owner that (i)
     8  causes or is intended to cause any person lawfully entitled to occupancy
     9  of a dwelling unit to vacate such dwelling unit or to surrender or waive
    10  any rights in relation to such occupancy, and (ii) includes one or  more
    11  of the following:
    12    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    13  have become law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05586-01-7