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NY A 4960

in committee

Requires all residential leases to disclose tenants' rights

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Provides that all residential leases shall contain a detailed description of tenant's statutory rights including among others, warranty of habitability, willful violation of lease, right to participate in tenants' associations, no eviction for good faith complaint, utility payment offset and sublet rights; grants tenant the right to install extra locks; sets out landlord obligations with respect to heating and oil delivery.

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelynprimary
  • Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor
  • Karines Reyescosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-10

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 3788
  • Prior session: A 2964not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6825
  • Prior session: A 1881
  • Companion bill: S 3568
  • Prior session: A 3135
  • Prior session: A 2579
  • Prior session: A 2605
  • Prior session: A 2996not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3703

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