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- Print number 748a
- Amend and recommit to housing, construction and community development
- Referred to housing, construction and community development
- Referred to housing, construction and community development
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Requires landlord to pay penalties if he fails in action to evict tenant on grounds of primary residency
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Brian Kavanagh
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Title of bill
An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to primary residence
Purpose
To discourage frivolous, groundless or bad faith primary-residence eviction attempts.
Summary of provisions
Would allow tenants to recover attorneys' fees and damages in cases where landlords act in bad faith to bring eviction proceedings against tenants on the basis of non-primary residence.
Justification
Landlords have increasingly brought court actions against tenants in recent years to eliminate their rent-stabilization protections on the basis of non-primary residence. In many of these cases, however, landlords have little reason to believe a non-primary residence violation exists and have brought actions as a way of forcing tenants to vacate their apartments, sometimes even ignoring proof submitted by tenants establishing primary residence. This bill seeks to discourage this practice by awarding tenants attorneys' fees and damages in cases where they successfully defend primary residence actions that were brought in bad faith.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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