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Including unlawful evictions in the definition of tenant harassment and making a recommendation on such evictions as a factor in a certification of no harassment.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2024-03-07Local Law 2025/144
Enacted as Local Law 2025/144.
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Agenda: 2024-03-07Passed: 2025-10-25Enacted: 2025-10-25
Summary
This bill would expand the definition of tenant harassment to include unlawful evictions. Additionally, it would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to include as part of a report due on February 27, 2026, a recommendation as to whether an owner’s history of unlawful eviction is a reliable criterion for the certificate of no harassment program.
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
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Sponsors (26)
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-03-07 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-03-07 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2024-10-28 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2024-10-28 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-09-25 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2025-09-25 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmended by Committee
2025-09-25 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2025-09-25 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Council
2025-09-25 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2025-09-25 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2025-10-25 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2025-10-27 · City Council
Votes (57)
Aye (54)
Gale A. BrewerDiana I. AyalaCarmen N. De La RosaLinda LeeAdrienne E. AdamsShaun AbreuJoann Ariola Chris BanksErik D. BottcherJustin L. BrannanTiffany L. CabánDavid M. CarrEric DinowitzAmanda C. FaríasSimcha FelderOswald J. FelizJames F. GennaroJennifer GutiérrezRobert F. HoldenCrystal HudsonRita C. JosephShekar KrishnanKristy MarmoratoChristopher MarteDarlene MealyJulie MeninFrank MoranoFrancisco P. MoyaMercedes NarcisseSandy NurseKeith Powers Lincoln RestlerKevin C. RileyYusef SalaamRafael Salamanca, Jr.Pierina Ana SanchezLynn C. SchulmanAlthea V. StevensSandra UngInna VernikovNantasha M. WilliamsJulie WonSusan ZhuangShahana K. HanifKamillah HanksSelvena N. Brooks-PowersAlexa AvilésPierina Ana SanchezAlexa AvilésEric DinowitzOswald J. FelizCrystal HudsonLincoln RestlerShaun Abreu
Excused (1)
Farah N. Louis
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2025-09-25 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2025-09-25 · 11:30 AM · 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 3
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2024-11-12 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2024-03-07 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (19)
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraphs f-6 and g of paragraph 48 of subdivision a of section 27-2004 of the administrative code of the city of New York, subparagraph f-6 as amended by local law number 56 for the year 2020 and subparagraph g as amended by local law number 15 for the year 2017, are amended, and a new subparagraph h is added to such paragraph, to read as follows:
f-6. requesting identifying documentation for any person lawfully entitled to occupancy of such dwelling unit that would disclose the citizenship status of such person, when such person has provided the owner with a current form of government-issued personal identification, as such term is defined in section 21-908, unless such documentation is otherwise required by law or is requested for a specific and limited purpose not inconsistent with this paragraph; [or]
g. other repeated acts or omissions of such significance as to substantially interfere with or disturb the comfort, repose, peace or quiet of any person lawfully entitled to occupancy of such dwelling unit and that cause or are intended to cause such person to vacate such dwelling unit or to surrender or waive any rights in relation to such occupancy, including improperly requiring such person to seek, receive or refrain from submitting to medical treatment in violation of subdivision b of section 26-1201; or
h. any conduct in violation of section 26-521.
� 2. Section 4 of local law number 1 for the year 2018, as amended by local law number 140 for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:
� 4. The department, with the advice and assistance that may be provided by any community group described in paragraph (4) of subdivision d of section 27-2093.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section two of this local law, shall conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the program in reducing harassment of tenants in the areas described in subdivision b of section 27-2093.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York as added by section two of this local law. Such study shall be completed and a report shall be submitted to the speaker of the city council no later than June 27, 2021, provided that an additional such report shall be submitted to the speaker of the city council no later than [November] February 27, [2025] 2026. Such reports shall contain the following information:
1. the number of covered buildings where the owner applied for a certification of no harassment disaggregated by whether the department issued a certification of no harassment, a cure agreement was reached, or a waiver of a certification of no harassment;
2. the location of buildings where the department determined that harassment had occurred, disaggregated by community board and council district disaggregated by whether such building was subject to a cure agreement;
3. metrics which the department determines appropriate to determine the preventive impacts of such program;
4. a determination, using such metrics, as to whether such program resulted in preventive impacts;
5. estimated costs of the program to the city; [and]
6. recommendations for improving the efficacy of such program if the pilot program continues; and
7. for the report due February 27, 2026, a recommendation as to whether an owner's history of unlawful eviction in violation of section 26-521 of the administrative code of the city of New York or section 768 of the real property actions and proceedings law is useful or reliable criteria to be considered in any future extension of the provisions of this local law or a successor law.
� 3. This local law takes effect immediately.
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