What's happening
This bill requires that landlords use standardized forms, created by the state, when requesting additional information for sublet requests in rent-regulated apartments.
Why it matters
Limits landlord discretion. By requiring landlords to use only state-created, standardized forms for additional information requests, the bill prevents landlords from asking for unnecessary or overly burdensome information during sublet applications, reducing arbitrary barriers for tenants.
Promotes consistency and fairness. The use of uniform forms ensures that all tenants in rent-regulated units face the same process and questions when seeking to sublet, making the application process more predictable and less prone to discrimination or favoritism.
Speeds up and clarifies the sublet process. With the state’s Division of Housing and Community Renewal responsible for developing forms that reflect the different legal standards for subletting, both tenants and landlords can expect clearer guidance and potentially fewer disputes or delays.
Shifts regulatory oversight. The bill places more responsibility on the state housing agency to define what information is appropriate, which could lead to ongoing updates and adjustments to the forms as subletting laws or norms evolve.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
879
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to the landlord's request for information regarding a request to sublet
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 226-b of the real property law, as added by chapter 403 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
4. With respect to units covered by the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four or the rent stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine the exercise of the rights granted by this section shall be subject to the applicable provisions of such laws. In the case of such units, any request for additional information made pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision two of this section shall be upon forms promulgated by the division of housing and community renewal and shall include only those questions provided by the division. Nothing contained in this section [two hundred twenty-six-b] shall be deemed to affect the rights, if any, of any tenant subject to [title Y of chapter 51] chapter three of title twenty-six of the administrative code of the city of New York or the emergency housing rent control law.
§ 2. Within thirty days after this act shall have become a law, the division of housing and community renewal shall promulgate such forms as shall be required to effectuate the provisions of section one of this act. Such forms shall vary to accommodate the differing standards applicable to subletting under the various laws and codes governing subletting.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to sublease requests mailed to a landlord on or after the date the form provided for by this act is promulgated by the division of housing and community renewal.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03108-01-5
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