Bill Commons

NY S 8559

in committee

Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 8559 pass?

Not yet. NY S 8559 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-02-18): PRINT NUMBER 8559A

What is NY S 8559 about?

Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant which occurs when an owner intentionally engages in a systematic ongoing course of conduct to induce three or more rent regulated tenants occupying different housing accommodations in two or more residential buildings to vacate such housing accommodations or if such owner commits the crime of harassment of a rent regulated tenant and was previously convicted of the same crime in the past five years.

Who sponsors NY S 8559?

Brian Kavanagh is the primary sponsor of NY S 8559, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant which occurs when an owner intentionally engages in a systematic ongoing course of conduct to induce three or more rent regulated tenants occupying different housing accommodations in two or more residential buildings to vacate such housing accommodations or if such owner commits the crime of harassment of a rent regulated tenant and was previously convicted of the same crime in the past five years.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-02-18 — PRINT NUMBER 8559A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Brian Kavanaghprimary
  • Liz Kruegercosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-02-18

    PRINT NUMBER 8559A

    amendment-passage

  2. 2026-02-18

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-10-29

    REFERRED TO RULES

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https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S8559?summary=&detail=

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