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A956Assembly2019-2020 Session

Extend Housing Answer Time

Official title

“Extends the answer time in proceedings before the division of housing and community renewal to 90 days”

Sponsor Linda RosenthalAD-67+2 co-sponsorsAffects Housing
Status
In Assembly Committee
Housing
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

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In committee · Housing

What's happening

This bill requires at least 90 days for responses in housing proceedings before the division of housing and community renewal.

Why it matters

  1. Extends notice period for tenants and landlords. By requiring at least 90 days for responses in housing proceedings, the bill gives individuals facing complaints or applications more time to prepare, potentially reducing rushed or uninformed responses that could negatively affect their case.

  2. Improves due process and fairness. The longer response window may help ensure that parties—especially tenants, who may lack legal resources—have adequate time to gather documentation, seek legal advice, or attempt resolution before official proceedings advance.

  3. Limits exceptions to emergencies. The only way to shorten the 90-day window is in “exceptional circumstances,” which means the default is a more tenant-friendly, predictable process, and exceptions would have to be justified and rare.

  4. Standardizes procedural protections statewide. By placing this minimum notice period into law, the bill creates a uniform standard across all cases before the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, potentially reducing confusion and inconsistency in housing proceedings.

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Extend Housing Answer Time

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Linda Rosenthal

Assembly Member · Assembly District 67

History

  1. Referred to housing
  2. Referred to housing

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

956

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 14, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to extending the time to answer in proceedings before the division of housing and community renewal

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

Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 260-a to read as follows:

§ 260-a. Answers before the division of housing and community renewal. Notwithstanding section 2527.4 of title 9 of the New York codes, rules and regulations, in any proceeding before the division of housing and community renewal governed by part 2527 of title 9 of the New York codes, rules and regulations, a person who has been served with a notice of a proceeding accompanied by an application or complaint shall have no less than ninety days from the date of mailing in which to answer or reply, except in exceptional circumstances, the division of housing and community renewal may require a shorter period. Every answer or reply shall be verified or affirmed, and an original and one copy shall be filed with the division of housing and community renewal.

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

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

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD03234-01-9

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