Bill Text: NY S05774 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Authorizes the district attorney to intervene in a proceeding brought by the owner of a premises upon which the tenant's occupancy is illegal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S05774 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05774-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5774

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 14, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
          Community Development

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real  property  actions and proceedings law, in
          relation to the intervention of the district attorney having jurisdic-
          tion in a proceeding where use  or  occupancy  of  residential  rental
          property is illegal

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 715 of the real property  actions  and  proceedings
     2  law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6.  In  any proceeding commenced by an owner, pursuant to this section
     4  or section seven hundred eleven of this article, for  the  removal  from
     5  the  possession  of  premises  from  a tenant or tenants upon any ground
     6  specified in subdivision  one  of  this  section,  subdivision  five  of
     7  section  seven  hundred  eleven  of  this  article or subdivision one of
     8  section two hundred thirty-one of the real property  law,  the  district
     9  attorney having jurisdiction over such premises may intervene and appear
    10  as of right in such proceeding by filing a notice of appearance with the
    11  court.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00335-01-9
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