Bill Text: NY S05982 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to requiring contracts for a commercial lease.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-11 - PRINT NUMBER 5982A [S05982 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S05982-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5982--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 16, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities -- recommitted to the Committee on Cities in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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 requiring contracts for a commercial lease The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Title 22 of the administrative code of the city of New York 2 is amended by adding a new chapter 12 to read as follows: 3 CHAPTER 12 4 COMMERCIAL LEASE CONTRACTS 5 § 22-1201 Definitions. As used in this chapter the following terms 6 have the following meanings: 7 1. "Written contract" means a commercial lease or lease for the 8 purposes of renting a commercial property, that shall be provided to a 9 commercial tenant as an official agreement on contract terms. 10 2. "Commercial tenant" means a lessee or entity that is entering an 11 agreement to rent and lawfully occupy the commercial property. 12 3. "Commercial lease" means a written contract provided on paper or 13 electronically. 14 4. "Commercial property" means any non-residential real estate proper- 15 ty that is owned or used for business purposes. 16 5. "Property owner" means a person, landlord, owner, or entity that 17 owns or manages a commercial property. 18 § 22-1202 Commercial lease contract requirements. 1. A landlord shall 19 provide a written contract to a commercial tenant. Such written contract 20 must include, but is not limited to, the: 21 a. address of the property and a description of the space leased; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11847-02-0S. 5982--A 2 1 b. contact information for the property owner or manager and the 2 primary contact of the business, all contacts preferred by those parties 3 should be included on the lease, which shall not be limited to only one 4 contact; 5 c. term of the lease, with the date of commencement and date of termi- 6 nation of such term; 7 d. lease extension or renewal information if any renewal option is 8 provided with the date or dates on which such extension or renewal are 9 exercisable; 10 e. monthly rent and due date; 11 f. any terms that may result in termination of the written contract or 12 additional fees and charges; 13 g. explanation of any additional fees or charges, if any, such as 14 contribution to property taxes, insurance, maintenance, facade or struc- 15 tural repairs, or utilities, whether this is consecutive or a one-time 16 payment; and 17 h. all the responsibilities for the commercial tenant and the land- 18 lord, if any. 19 2. Commercial tenants may request that the start date of tenancy or 20 other relevant information to prove occupancy and duration thereof be 21 included or excluded in a written contract. 22 3. Commercial tenants have the right to, upon request, receive any 23 information listed under subdivision one of this section. 24 4. Commercial tenants who do not receive a written contract including 25 items required by this section shall be legally allowed to: 26 a. continue their tenancy until the contract is provided; 27 b. withhold rent payment after thirty days without a contract; and 28 c. suspend payment on the sixty-first day without a lease. Property 29 owners who do not provided a lease within sixty days forfeit the 30 payments for that time period prior and until the issuance of the lease. 31 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.