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A5410Assembly2019-2020 SessionSame asS5342

Notify Tenants About Adding Occupants

Official title

“Requires the NYC housing authority to include a notice informing a prospective tenant or tenant of the ability to add legal occupants to the lease or renewal lease”

Sponsor Steven CymbrowitzAD-45+3 co-sponsorsAffects Housing
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
4/10
Low
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

This bill requires the New York City Housing Authority to inform tenants about adding legal occupants to leases and provide related forms and notifications upon request.

Why it matters

  1. Improves transparency and tenant awareness. by requiring NYCHA to give tenants a clear, bold notice about their rights to add legal occupants, which can help prevent confusion or unintentional violations of lease terms.

  2. Reduces bureaucratic barriers. by mandating that NYCHA promptly provide information and forms—both online and in person—when tenants ask to add someone to their lease, making the process more accessible and less intimidating.

  3. Empowers tenants facing denials. by ensuring they receive notice of their right to challenge (grieve) any decision denying occupancy permission, which could help protect families from arbitrary or unfair exclusions.

  4. Increases accountability and communication. by obligating NYCHA to confirm receipt of occupancy requests, inform tenants about how to check their request’s status, and set expectations for when a decision will be made, reducing uncertainty for tenants.

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Notify Tenants About Adding Occupants

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Steven Cymbrowitz

Assembly Member · Assembly District 45

History

  1. Signed chap.171
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to assembly
  4. Passed senateVote 60–0
  5. 3rd reading cal.781
  6. Substituted for S5342A
  7. Referred to housing, construction and community development
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Advanced to third reading cal.356
  11. Reported
  12. Print number 5410a
Show 3 earlier actions
  1. Amend and recommit to housing
  2. Referred to housing
  3. Referred to housing

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S5342Senate

Inform Tenants of Lease Add-Ons

Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Leroy Comrie

Impact 4 · Low0% to pass

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

5410--A

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 11, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing -- recommitted to the Committee on Housing in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring that the New York city housing authority include a notice informing a prospective tenant or tenant of the ability to add legal occupants to the lease or renewal lease, and provide, upon request, a tenant with a form to add additional legal occupants

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 402 of the public housing law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6-a to read as follows:

6-a. a. The New York city housing authority shall include with every lease or renewal lease offered to a prospective or current tenant, a separate, clear and conspicuous notice, in at least sixteen-point boldface type, concerning the tenant's ability to add additional legal occupants to the lease agreement.

b. Upon receipt of a tenant's request for a form to add an additional legal occupant to his or her lease agreement, the authority shall, within seven days, provide the tenant with clear information regarding how to apply in person or online, along with a notice informing the tenant of the right to grieve the denial of any occupancy permission request. Any form required by the authority to request such occupancy permission shall be made available for review and submission in person, on the authority's website, and through the authority's mobile application.

c. Upon receipt of a tenant's request to add an additional legal occupant to his or her lease agreement, the authority shall provide the tenant, in writing, with confirmation of receipt of the application, information regarding how the tenant may inquire as to the status of

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

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such request, and the expected date of the authority's response to such request.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.

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