A 8454 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to creating the tenants' bill of rights

Summary

Requires a notice informing tenants of their rights to be provided to tenants at the time they execute a residential lease and to be posted in certain buildings.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced May 16, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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A8454 → A8454A · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill amendment reorders and slightly modifies the tenants' bill of rights list, adds a new exemption for owner-occupied co-ops and condominiums, and clarifies the language for owner-occupied buildings in the exemptions section.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by adding an exemption for owner-occupied co-ops and condominiums, and the applicability threshold for owner-occupied buildings was clarified from 'six or fewer units' to 'six or fewer units' with explicit mention of cooperative apartments where the tenant is the unit owner or shareholder.

ELIGIBILITY

Added an exemption for owner-occupied co-ops and condominiums where the tenant is the unit owner or shareholder of a cooperative housing corporation, or is the owner-occupied condominium apartment.

Reorganized the list of tenant rights from (c) through (l) to (g) through (j), removing the right to be evicted only for good cause from the tenants' bill of rights list.

Changed the exemption language for owner-occupied buildings from 'six or fewer units' to 'six or fewer units' with clarification about cooperative apartments.

TECHNICAL

Added a condition that the right to offset utility payments applies to any residential unit, and updated the section reference for rent receipt from 235-a to 235-e.

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Committee

Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO HOUSING

lower

Jun 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 8454A

lower

Jun 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING

lower

May 16, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO HOUSING

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors