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Tolls the four year statute of limitations look back period on rent overcharges where the owner of a housing accommodation acts in a wrongful or fraudulent manner
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Herman D. Farrell
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BILL NUMBER:S7858
Title of bill
An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, and the civil practice law and rules, in relation to rent overcharges
Purpose or general idea of bill
To PROTECT TENANTS FROM WRONGFUL OR FRAUDULENT CONDUCT BY LANDLORDS.
Summary of specific provisions
AMENDS VARIOUS RELEVANT SECTIONS OF LAW TO TOLL THE FOUR YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS-"LOOK BACK PERIOD"-ON RENT OVERCHARGES WHERE THE OWNER OF A HOUSING ACCOMMODATION ACTS IN A WRONG- FUL OR FRAUDULENT MANNER.
Justification
RECENT COURT DECISIONS HAVE CREATED AMBIGUITY IN SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF 1974. THIS LEGISLATION IS NECESSARY TO CLARIFY THE COURT-CREATED UNCERTAINTY AND TO ENSURE THAT TENANTS ARE PROTECTED FROM THE UNSCRUPULOUS, UNETHICAL AND UNLAWFUL ACTIONS OF LANDLORDS WHO WOULD SEEK TO QUELL THE COMMENCEMENT OF RENT OVERCHARGE ACTIONS.
Prior legislative history
NEW BILL.
Fiscal implications
NONE.
Effective date
IMMEDIATELY.
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