Sponsored bills

Grants tenants right to withhold portion of rent for failure of landlord to provide heat

Grants tenants right to withhold one-tenth of one month's rent for each day the owner of a multiple dwelling fails to provide heat during winter months, from November to March, where the landlord is…

Liz KruegerJudiciary Committee

Reduces the amount of maximum rent increase collectible in one year

Reduces the amount of maximum rent increase collectible in one year.

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Prohibits landlords from charging potential tenants application fees greater than the actual cost of a credit check or other related services paid by the landlord

Allows landlords to charge potential tenants application fees no greater than the actual cost of a credit check or related services paid to a third party by the landlord.

Liz KruegerJudiciary Committee

Makes warrant execution, not issuance, following judgment for petitioner in summary proceeding to recover possession of real property act which annuls relationship

Makes warrant execution (not issuance), following a judgment for the petitioner in summary proceeding to recover possession of real property, the act which cancels the agreement under which the…

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Requires hearing by the DHCR prior to order of decontrol for failure to respond to income certification material relating to high income rent decontrol

Requires hearing by the division of housing and community renewal prior to order of decontrol for a tenant's failure to respond to income certification material relating to high income rent…

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Establishes it shall be unlawful for a person to have his or her application to rent or lease a residence to be denied due to prior housing court proceedings

Establishes it shall be unlawful for a person to have his or her application to rent or lease a residence to be denied due to a previous housing court proceeding; allows a person aggrieved to…

Liz KruegerJudiciary Committee

Requires landlord to pay penalties if he fails in action to evict tenant on grounds of primary residency

Provides that where the owner or lessor of a rent controlled or rent stabilized unit commences an action in bad faith to recover possession on the grounds that it is not occupied as the tenant's…

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Provides that upon sale of a limited-profit housing company project, reserve and surplus funds must be held in escrow and dedicated to major capital improvements

Provides that upon sale or other conveyance of a limited-profit housing company project to an entity other than a new limited-profit housing company, reserve and surplus funds must be held in escrow…

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Requires access to new homes by persons with disabilities

Requires access to new homes by persons with disabilities.

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Makes provisions regarding small claims jurisdiction where claimant is a tenant or lessee of real property owned by defendant that is situated within certain limits

Provide for small claims jurisdiction where claimant is a tenant or lessee of real property owned by the defendant and such real property is situated within the county, within a district of the…

Liz KruegerJudiciary Committee

Relates to vacancies and illegal use and occupancy with regard to cooperative or condominium conversion plans

Relates to vacancies and illegal use and occupancy with regard to cooperative or condominium conversion plans; makes it unlawful to permit or maintain any illegal use or occupancy of a premises…

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Relates to payment for services performed in an office-based surgical facility

Relates to payment for services performed in an office-based surgical facility.

Liz KruegerHealth Committee

Relates to providing a rent increase exemption to persons with disabilities

Includes persons with disabilities (defined) within the definition of head of household for purposes of making them eligible for the senior citizens' tax abatement for rent-controlled and…

Liz KruegerAging Committee

Creates the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsman, authorizes the residential unit fee

Creates the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsman; authorizes the residential unit tax and establishes the office of the cooperative and condominium ombudsman fund.

Liz KruegerFinance Committee

Provides that the domestic partner of a deceased member of the police department and fire department in the city of New York shall be entitled to health insurance

Provides that when a retired member of the fire or police department in the city of New York dies and is enrolled in a health insurance plan, the surviving spouse or eligible domestic partner, until…

Liz KruegerCities Committee

Prohibits fuel pass-along rental adjustment to tenant of New York city rent controlled housing accommodations

Provides that no tenant of housing accommodations which are subject to rent control shall be subject to a fuel adjustment or pass-along increase in rent; provides that any such increase to such…

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Prohibits pharmacists from refusing to dispense medication solely for philosophical, moral, or religious reasons

Prohibits pharmacists from refusing to dispense medication solely for philosophical, moral, or religious reasons.

Liz KruegerHigher Education Committee

Relates to preventing the unnecessary removal of children from a custodial parent who is the victim of domestic violence

Amends provisions of child protective proceedings to prevent the unnecessary removal of children from a custodial parent who is the victim of domestic violence.

Liz KruegerChildren And Families Committee

Requires health insurance companies to provide health proxy forms to the insured and to store completed proxies on behalf of the insured

Requires health insurance companies to provide health proxy forms to the insured and to store completed proxies on behalf of the insured; requires the department of social services to provide health…

Liz KruegerInsurance Committee

Establishes a kitchen incubator/shared-use kitchen facility program within the urban development corporation

Establishes a kitchen incubator/shared-use kitchen facility program within the urban development corporation; provides grant funding to local development corporations, municipalities, educational…

Liz KruegerCorporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

Prohibits the sale of over-the-counter weight loss supplements to minors and requires education to minors of the effects of weight loss supplements

Prohibits the sale of over-the-counter weight loss supplements to minors and requires education to minors of the effects of weight loss supplements; requires store owners to post a sign of such…

Liz KruegerCodes Committee

Provides treatment for sexually transmitted diseases to minors without a parent's or guardian's consent

Provides treatment for sexually transmitted diseases to minors without a parent's or guardian's consent; provides definition for health care practitioner.

Liz KruegerHealth Committee

Requires coverage under medicaid and health insurance plans for treatment for smoking cessation

Requires that medicaid and health insurance plans provide coverage for costs of prescription smoking cessation treatment that is ordered by a physician; establishes a coverage limit of $400 for each…

Liz KruegerInsurance Committee

Increases penalties for failure to execute and file satisfied judgments of $5,000 or more with proper clerk

Increases penalties for failure to execute and file satisfied judgments of $5,000 or more with court clerk from $100 to $500.

Liz KruegerJudiciary Committee

Prohibits an owner from adjusting the amount of preferential rent upon the renewal of a lease

Prohibits an owner from adjusting the amount of preferential rent, rent charged and paid by the tenant which is less than the legal regulated rent for the housing accommodation, upon the renewal of…

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Relates to unlawful tenancies under the emergency tenant protection act of 1974

Relates to unlawful tenancies under the emergency tenant protection act of 1974; prohibits owners from entering or renewing leases where such owner has reason to know that such tenant will not…

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Relates to retaliatory personnel actions by employers

Relates to retaliatory personnel actions by employers.

Liz KruegerLabor Committee

Removes provisions prohibiting N.Y. city from strengthening rent regulation laws to provide more comprehensive coverage than state laws

Removes provisions prohibiting N.Y. city from strengthening rent regulation laws to provide more comprehensive coverage than state laws.

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Requires the cost of major capital improvements to be recovered through a monthly surcharge on rents

Establishes a methodology for determining major capital improvements (MCI) rent surcharges; provides that such MCI shall be calculated as a rent surcharge and shall not become part of the base legal…

Liz KruegerHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Requires the provisions of reasonable accommodations for pregnant women

Requires the provisions of reasonable accommodations for pregnant women.

Liz KruegerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Enacts provisions relating to advanced written consent and directives concerning transfer, use, disposition of cryopreserved embryos or gametes

Enacts provisions relating to the execution of written forms, prior to assisted reproductive technology services, for consent and directives for the transfer, use, and disposition of cryopreserved…

Liz KruegerJudiciary Committee

Provides for the appointment of a standing committee on conference to resolve differences between similar, but not identical, bills and resolutions

Provides for the appointment of a standing committee on conference to resolve differences between similar, but not identical bills and resolutions; also provides that such committee may refer bills…

Liz KruegerInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Relates to the regulation of the use of hydraulic fracturing fluids

Relates to the regulation of the use of hydraulic fracturing fluids.

Liz KruegerEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Relates to certification as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS)

Relates to certification as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS).

Liz KruegerSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Honoring Harry Reingold on the occasion of Literacy Partners' naming of its annual Volunteer Teacher's Award the Harry Reingold Volunteer Teacher of the Year Award in his honor

Liz KruegerAdopted

Adopted

Defines maternal depression, requires the provision of maternal depression education, and the provision of a screening and referral plan for the state

Defines maternal depression; requires the provision of maternal depression education, and the provision of a screening and referral plan for the state.

Liz KruegerHealth Committee

Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Union League Club of New York

Liz KruegerAdopted

Adopted

Grants cities authority to review plans for the construction of structures proposed to be made within its boundaries

Grants cities authority to review plans for the construction of structures proposed to be made within its boundaries.

Liz KruegerStricken