Int 1436-2019
Expanding the definition of public nuisance to include tenant harassment.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2019-02-13
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2019-02-13Passed: 2021-12-31
Summary
This bill would the definition of public nuisances defined in the Nuisance Abatement Law to include acts of tenant harassment.
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
How it compares
34% of similar bills passed
17 passed · 33 died
This bill: 1052 days in committee
Similar bills: median 563 days · 124 days when passed
Compared against 50 Introduction bills in Committee on Housing and Buildings.
Ranked by how closely each matches this bill's topic — closest first:
Int 1550-2017
Harassment in private dwellings.
153dEnacted
Int 1556-2017
Penalties for tenant harassment.
124dEnacted
Int 0526-2018
Amending the definition of harassment to include illegal conversions of dwelling units.
1415dFiled
Int 1549-2017
Repeated acts of harassment.
124dEnacted
Int 1548-2017
Amending the definition of harassment to include repeatedly contacting or visiting a tenant under certain circumstances.
124dEnacted
Int 0627-2007
Duty of an owner to refrain from harassment of tenants and remedies for the breach of such duty.
132dEnacted
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Sponsors (1)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-02-13 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-02-13 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2019-02-13 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Summary of Int. No. 1436
- Int. No. 1436
- February 13, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-13-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 13, 2019
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 7-703 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision (s) to read as follows:
(s) Any act of harassment, as defined in paragraph 48 of subdivision a of section 27-2004 of this code, by an owner committed against any tenant or person lawfully entitled to occupancy of a dwelling unit.
� 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.
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LS 5927
12/20/18
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