Bill Commons

NY A 1640

in committee

Requires landlords to replace a lock on a tenant's door when requested by a victim of domestic violence

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 1640 pass?

Not yet. NY A 1640 is in committee as of 2026-05-12 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-12): REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY A 1640 about?

Requires landlords to replace a lock on a tenant's dwelling door within 24 hours of a request by a tenant who is a victim of domestic violence; provides civil penalties for violations in relation thereto.

Who sponsors NY A 1640?

Linda Rosenthal is the primary sponsor of NY A 1640, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Requires landlords to replace a lock on a tenant's dwelling door within 24 hours of a request by a tenant who is a victim of domestic violence; provides civil penalties for violations in relation thereto.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-12 — REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Linda Rosenthalprimary
  • Al Taylorcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-10

    REFERRED TO HOUSING

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HOUSING

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-05-08

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  4. 2026-05-08

    PRINT NUMBER 1640A

    amendment-passage

  5. 2026-05-12

    REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8871not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1692not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A1640?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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