S9772 • 2025

Relates to actions and proceedings seeking an abatement of rent based on violations of the housing maintenance code

Housing

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Sponsor: Luis R. Sepúlveda
Last action: 2026-05-29
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to actions and proceedings seeking an abatement of rent based on violations of the housing maintenance code

Relates to actions and proceedings seeking an abatement of rent based on violations of the housing maintenance code Relates to actions and proceedings seeking an abatement of rent based on violations of the housing maintenance code, applicable housing standards, the building code, or the health code; relates to the number of housing judges assigned to certain actions.

What This Bill Does

Relates to actions and proceedings seeking an abatement of rent based on violations of the housing maintenance code Relates to actions and proceedings seeking an abatement of rent based on violations of the housing maintenance code, applicable housing standards, the building code, or the health code; relates to the number of housing judges assigned to certain actions.

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Bill History

2026-05-29 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2026-05-29 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-05-29 Assembly
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
2026-05-21 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-20 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-19 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1187
2026-04-06 Senate
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Official Summary Text

Relates to actions and proceedings seeking an abatement of rent based on violations of the housing maintenance code
Relates to actions and proceedings seeking an abatement of rent based on violations of the housing maintenance code, applicable housing standards, the building code, or the health code; relates to the number of housing judges assigned to certain actions.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9772

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      April 6, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. SEPULVEDA, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the New York  city  civil  court  act,  in  relation  to
          actions  and  proceedings  seeking  an  abatement  of  rent  based  on
          violations of the housing maintenance code or the warranty of  habita-
          bility  and  in  relation  to the number of housing judges assigned to
          certain actions

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision (a) of section 110 of the New York city civil
     2  court act is amended by adding a new paragraph 10 to read as follows:
     3    (10) ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS SEEKING AN ABATEMENT  OF  RENT  BASED  ON
     4  VIOLATIONS  OF  THE  HOUSING MAINTENANCE CODE, APPLICABLE HOUSING STAND-
     5  ARDS, BUILDING CODE, HEALTH CODE OR SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE-B OF
     6  THE REAL PROPERTY LAW. SUCH ABATEMENTS SHALL BE GRANTED BEGINNING AT THE
     7  TIME WHEN THE VIOLATION COMMENCED UNTIL THE VIOLATION IS CORRECTED.  FOR
     8  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  PROVISION, "VIOLATION" SHALL MEAN ANY CONDITION
     9  THAT WOULD GIVE RISE TO A VIOLATION OF  THE  HOUSING  MAINTENANCE  CODE,
    10  APPLICABLE  LOCAL  AND  STATE  HOUSING STANDARDS, THE BUILDING CODE, THE
    11  HEALTH CODE, OR THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW.
    12    § 2. Section 110 of the New York city civil court act  is  amended  by
    13  adding a new subdivision (r) to read as follows:
    14    (R) IN EACH COUNTY EXCEPT THE COUNTY OF RICHMOND, AT LEAST TWO HOUSING
    15  JUDGES  SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO PRESIDE OVER ACTIONS INITIATED UNDER SUBDI-
    16  VISION (H) OR (I) OF SECTION 27-2115 OF THE NEW YORK CITY ADMINISTRATIVE
    17  CODE BY A TENANT, A GROUP OF TENANTS, OR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRES-
    18  ERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. IN THE COUNTY OF RICH-
    19  MOND, THERE SHALL BE AT LEAST ONE HOUSING JUDGE ASSIGNED TO OVERSEE SUCH
    20  ACTIONS AT LEAST TWO DAYS A WEEK.
    21    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    22  have become a law.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11478-09-6