Bill Text: NY A01849 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 1849 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to codes [A01849 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01849-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         1849--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 17, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. RICHARDSON, MOSLEY, EPSTEIN, GOTTFRIED, TAYLOR,
          ARROYO, DE LA ROSA, REYES, PICHARDO, D'URSO, BLAKE --  Multi-Sponsored
          by -- M.  of A. COOK, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Housing -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee

        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  amended  by  local  law  number 184 of the city of New York for the year
     4  2017, is amended to read as follows:
     5    Except where otherwise provided, the term "harassment" shall mean  the
     6  illegal conversion of any existing facilities of any building, including
     7  but  not limited to, the subdivision of rooms, erection or demolition of
     8  walls or the moving of any building from one  location  or  position  to
     9  another in violation of any state or local law, ordinance, code, rule or
    10  regulation  relating  to real property, buildings or multiple dwellings;
    11  occupancy or use of dwelling units in a class A multiple  dwelling  that
    12  would violate subdivision eight of section four of the multiple dwelling
    13  law;  or any act or omission by or on behalf of an owner that (i) causes
    14  or is intended to cause any person lawfully entitled to occupancy  of  a
    15  dwelling  unit to vacate such dwelling unit or to surrender or waive any
    16  rights in relation to such occupancy, and (ii) includes one or  more  of
    17  the following acts or omissions, provided that there shall be a rebutta-
    18  ble  presumption that such acts or omissions were intended to cause such
    19  person to vacate such dwelling unit or to surrender or waive any  rights
    20  in  relation  to  such occupancy, except that such presumption shall not
    21  apply to such acts or omissions with respect to a private  dwelling,  as
    22  defined in paragraph six of subdivision a of this section [27-2004]:
    23    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    24  have become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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