What's happening
This bill suspends evictions for rent-regulated tenants unable to meet occupancy requirements due to COVID-19-related absences during the state of emergency.
Why it matters
Protects tenants from losing their homes. if they were forced to temporarily leave due to the pandemic, ensuring that absences caused by COVID-19 do not count against occupancy requirements that landlords could otherwise use to justify eviction.
Targets rent-regulated apartments. , which are often occupied by lower- and middle-income residents, meaning this bill helps preserve affordable housing options for vulnerable populations during and after public health emergencies.
Prevents landlords from exploiting technicalities. in lease agreements related to primary residence requirements, closing a loophole that could have led to unjust evictions for tenants who had no choice but to be away during the state of emergency.
Recognizes the ongoing impact of COVID-19. by making these protections retroactive to the start of the state of emergency and lasting until it is officially lifted, providing clarity and security for affected tenants.
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- Referred to housing
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Pause Evictions for COVID Absence
In Senate Committee · Housing, Construction And Community Development · Sponsor Brad Hoylman-Sigal
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STATE OF NEW YORK
10381
IN ASSEMBLY
May 4, 2020
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
AN ACT in relation to suspending evictions for tenants who are forced to spend time away from their rent regulated residences and cannot meet certain occupancy requirements
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, where a tenant has signed a lease and is occupying a rent regulated residence and such lease requires such tenant to occupy such residence as his or her primary residence for a period of greater than one-half of a calendar year, or one hundred eighty-three days, and due to COVID-19 such tenant has not been able to occupy such residence as his or her primary residence pursuant to the requirements of such lease, beginning from the date of the state of emergency declared by executive order 202 that began on March 7, 2020 until such state of emergency is lifted any days spent away from such residence due to COVID-19 shall not be counted towards any rent regulation occupancy time requirement, and shall not be grounds for eviction pursuant to chapter 3 of title 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16277-01-0
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