Bill Text: NY A04391 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits landlords from requiring animals that occupy the unit be de-clawed as a condition of rental.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to housing [A04391 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A04391-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4391 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to prohibiting land- lords from requiring animals that occupy the unit be de-clawed as a condition of rental The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new section 2 235-h to read as follows: 3 § 235-h. Unlawful restrictions on tenancy. A landlord shall not 4 require that any domestic animal occupying the rental unit be de-clawed 5 as a condition of rental. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07540-01-9