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NY Real Prop L § 227-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 227-F - Denial on the Basis of Involvement in Prior Disputes Prohibited.

§  227-f.  Denial  on  the  basis  of  involvement  in  prior disputes   prohibited. 1. No landlord of a residential  premises  shall  refuse  to   rent  or  offer  a  lease  to  a  potential tenant on the basis that the   potential tenant was involved  in  a  past  or  pending  landlord-tenant   action  or  summary  proceeding under article seven of the real property   actions and proceedings law. There shall  be  a  rebuttable  presumption   that  a person is in violation of this section if it is established that   the person requested information from a tenant screening bureau relating   to a potential tenant or otherwise inspected court records relating to a   potential tenant and the person subsequently refuses to rent or offer  a   lease to the potential tenant.2.   Whenever   the  attorney  general  shall  believe  from  evidence   satisfactory to him  or  her  that  any  person,  firm,  corporation  or   association or agent or employee thereof has violated subdivision one of   this section, he or she may bring an action or special proceeding in the   supreme court for a judgment enjoining the continuance of such violation   and  for  a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars, but not   more than one thousand dollars for each violation.
NY Real Prop L § 228 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 228 - Termination of Tenancies at Will or by Sufferance, by Notice.

§ 228. Termination of tenancies at will or by sufferance, by notice. A   tenancy  at will or by sufferance, however created, may be terminated by   a written notice of not less than thirty days given  in  behalf  of  the   landlord,  to  the  tenant,  requiring  him to remove from the premises;   which notice must be served, either by delivering to the tenant or to  a   person of suitable age and discretion, residing upon the premises, or if   neither the tenant nor such a person can be found, by affixing it upon a   conspicuous  part of the premises, where it may be conveniently read. At   the expiration of thirty days after the  service  of  such  notice,  the   landlord  may  re-enter,  maintain  an  action to recover possession, or   proceed, in the manner prescribed by law, to remove the tenant,  without   further or other notice to quit.
NY Real Prop L § 229 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 229 - Liability of Tenant Holding Over After Giving Notice of Intention to Quit.

§  229.  Liability  of  tenant  holding  over  after  giving notice of   intention to quit. If a tenant gives notice of his intention to quit the   premises held by him, and does not accordingly deliver up the possession   thereof, at the time specified  in  such  notice,  he  or  his  personal   representatives  must,  so long as he continue in possession, pay to the   landlord, his  heirs  or  assigns,  double  the  rent  which  he  should   otherwise  have  paid, to be recovered at the same time, and in the same   manner, as the single rent.
NY Real Prop L § 230 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 230 - Right of Tenants to Form, Join or Participate in Tenants' Groups.

§  230.  Right  of  tenants  to  form, join or participate in tenants'   groups. 1. No landlord shall interfere with the right  of  a  tenant  to   form,  join  or  participate  in  the  lawful  activities  of any group,   committee or other organization formed to protect the rights of tenants;   nor shall any landlord harass, punish, penalize, diminish,  or  withhold   any  right,  benefit  or  privilege  of  a  tenant under his tenancy for   exercising such right.2. Tenants' groups, committees or other tenants'  organizations  shall   have  the  right  to  meet  without  being  required to pay a fee in any   location on the premises including a community or social room where  use   is  normally  subject to a fee which is devoted to the common use of all   tenants  in  a  peaceful  manner,  at  reasonable  hours   and   without   obstructing access to the premises or facilities. No landlord shall deny   such right.
NY Real Prop L § 231-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 231-A - Sprinkler System Notice in Residential Leases.

§  231-a.  Sprinkler  system  notice  in  residential leases. 1. Every   residential lease shall provide conspicuous notice in bold face type  as   to  the  existence  or  non-existence  of  a  maintained  and  operative   sprinkler system in the leased premises.2. For purposes of this section, "sprinkler  system"  shall  have  the   same  meaning  as  defined  in  section  one hundred fifty-five-a of the   executive law.3. If there is a maintained and  operative  sprinkler  system  in  the   leased  premises,  the residential lease agreement shall provide further   notice as to the last date of maintenance and inspection.
NY Real Prop L § 232 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 232 - Duration of Certain Agreements in New York.

§  232.  Duration  of certain agreements in New York. An agreement for   the occupation of real estate in the city of New York, which  shall  not   particularly  specify the duration of the occupation, shall be deemed to   continue until the first  day  of  October  next  after  the  possession   commences under the agreement.
NY Real Prop L § 232-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 232-A - Notice to Terminate Monthly Tenancy or Tenancy From Month to Month in the City of New York.

§  232-a. Notice to terminate monthly tenancy or tenancy from month to   month in the city of New York. No monthly tenant, or tenant  from  month   to  month, shall hereafter be removed from any lands or buildings in the   city of New York on the grounds of holding over the tenant's term unless   pursuant to the notice period required by subdivision two of section two   hundred twenty-six-c of this article, or for  a  tenancy  other  than  a   residential  tenancy  at  least thirty days before the expiration of the   term, the landlord or the landlord's agent serve upon the tenant, in the   same manner in which a notice of petition in summary proceedings is  now   allowed  to be served by law, a notice in writing to the effect that the   landlord elects to terminate the tenancy  and  that  unless  the  tenant   removes  from  such  premises  on  the day designated in the notice, the   landlord will commence summary proceedings under the statute  to  remove   such tenant therefrom.
NY Real Prop L § 232-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 232-B - Notification to Terminate Monthly Tenancy or Tenancy From Month to Month Outside the City of New York.

§  232-b.  Notification  to  terminate monthly tenancy or tenancy from   month to month outside the city  of  New  York.  A  monthly  tenancy  or   tenancy from month to month of any lands or buildings located outside of   the  city  of  New York may be terminated by the tenant or for a tenancy   other than a residential tenancy the  landlord,  upon  the  tenant's  or   non-residential  landlord's  notifying  the  landlord or non-residential   tenant at least one month before the  expiration  of  the  term  of  the   tenant's  election to terminate; provided, however, that no notification   shall be necessary to terminate a tenancy for a definite term.
NY Real Prop L § 232-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 232-C - Holding Over by a Tenant After Expiration of a Term Longer Than One Month; Effect of Acceptance of Rent.

§  232-c.  Holding  over by a tenant after expiration of a term longer   than one month; effect of acceptance of rent. Where a tenant whose  term   is  longer  than one month holds over after the expiration of such term,   such holding over shall not give to the landlord the option to hold  the   tenant  for a new term solely by virtue of the tenant's holding over. In   the case of such a holding over by the tenant, the landlord may proceed,   in any manner permitted by  law,  to  remove  the  tenant,  or,  if  the   landlord  shall  accept rent for any period subsequent to the expiration   of such term, then, unless an agreement either  express  or  implied  is   made  providing otherwise, the tenancy created by the acceptance of such   rent shall be a tenancy from month to month commencing on the first  day   after the expiration of such term.
NY Real Prop L § 233-B-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 233-B*2 - Campgrounds.

* § 233-b. Campgrounds. a. Whenever used in this section:   1. "Campground" means any parcel or tract of land, including buildings or other structures, where five or more campsites are made available for use  as  temporary  living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or seasonal use. For  purposes  of  this  section,  campgrounds  shall  not include land owned by the state of New York.   2.  "Campground  owner" means the owner or operator of a campground or an agent of such owner or operator.   3. "Guest" means a person who  occupies  a  campsite  pursuant  to  an agreement with a term of more than one week.   b.  1.  A  campground  owner  may  request any law enforcement officer remove any guest who willfully denies other guests their right to  quiet enjoyment  of  the  campground, including, but not limited, to any guest who:  (a) disturbs, threatens or endangers other guests;  (b) is less than twenty-one years of age and possesses alcohol;  (c) possesses illegal drugs;  (d) violates any state or local law; or  (e) violates any other lawful rule or  regulation  of  the  campground that enhances the safety and quiet enjoyment of its guests and is posted in  a  conspicuous  place  or  made  a  part  of  the  guest's occupancy agreement.   2. the right to request a guest to be removed by any  law  enforcement officer  can  only  be exercised after the campground owner or its agent has provided the guest with written warning  that  his  or  her  conduct shall  result in a removal from the campground if it is repeated. In the event that such conduct is repeated and the guest fails  to  vacate  the campground  upon being requested to do so, the campground owner may only cause the guest to be removed by a law enforcement officer, who may cite the guest with trespass.   c. A person who is removed from a campground pursuant to subdivision b of this section shall be entitled to a refund of the unused  portion  of any prepaid fees, less any amount otherwise owed to the campground owner or  deducted  for  damages,  which unused portion of prepaid fees may be prorated at a rate that is based upon the  daily  rate  charged  by  the campground owner.   d. A campground owner may remove property belonging to a person who is removed from a campground pursuant to subdivision b of this section from a campsite and such property, whether removed from a campsite or allowed to  remain  on  a  campsite,  shall be deemed to be placed in storage. A campground owner shall provide the owner of such  property  thirty  days written  notice,  by certified mail, return receipt requested, to remove such property and dispose of such property pursuant to article  nine  of the lien law in the event the owner fails to remove such property within the thirty-day period of time.   * NB There are 2 § 233-b's
NY Real Prop L § 234 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 234 - Right to Recover Attorneys' Fees in Actions or Summary Proceedings Arising Out of Leases of Residential Property.

§  234.  Right  to  recover  attorneys'  fees  in  actions  or summary   proceedings arising out of leases of residential  property.  Whenever  a   lease  of  residential  property  shall  provide  that  in any action or   summary proceeding the  landlord  may  recover  attorneys'  fees  and/or   expenses  incurred as the result of the failure of the tenant to perform   any covenant or agreement contained in such lease, or that amounts  paid   by the landlord therefor shall be paid by the tenant as additional rent,   there  shall  be implied in such lease a covenant by the landlord to pay   to the tenant the reasonable attorneys' fees and/or expenses incurred by   the tenant as the result of the failure of the landlord to  perform  any   covenant  or agreement on its part to be performed under the lease or in   the successful defense of any action or summary proceeding commenced  by   the  landlord  against  the  tenant  arising  out  of  the lease, and an   agreement that such fees and expenses may be recovered  as  provided  by   law   in  an  action  commenced  against  the  landlord  or  by  way  of   counterclaim in any  action  or  summary  proceeding  commenced  by  the   landlord  against the tenant. A landlord may not recover attorneys' fees   upon a default judgment. Any waiver of this section  shall  be  void  as   against public policy.
NY Real Prop L § 235 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 235 - Wilful Violations.

§   235.   Wilful   violations.   1.   Any   lessor,  agent,  manager,   superintendent or janitor of any building, or part thereof, the lease or   rental agreement whereof by its terms, expressed  or  implied,  requires   the  furnishing  of  hot  or  cold  water,  heat, light, power, elevator   service, telephone service or any  other  service  or  facility  to  any   occupant  of  said  building,  who  wilfully  or  intentionally fails to   furnish such water, heat,  light,  power,  elevator  service,  telephone   service  or  other  service  or  facility  at any time when the same are   necessary to the proper or customary  use  of  such  building,  or  part   thereof,  or  any  lessor, agent, manager, superintendent or janitor who   wilfully and intentionally interferes with the quiet  enjoyment  of  the   leased premises by such occupant, is guilty of a violation.2.  Any  lessor,  agent,  manager,  superintendent  or  janitor of any   building, or part therof, who wilfully or intentionally acts to  prevent   or  obstruct  the delivery of fuel oil ordered in compliance with either   section three hundred two-c of the  multiple  dwelling  law  or  section   three  hunded five-c of the multiple residence law or the refiring of an   oil burner after such a delivery shall be guilty of a violation.
NY Real Prop L § 235-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 235-A - Tenant Right to Offset Payments and Entitlement to Damages in Certain Cases.

§ 235-a. Tenant right to offset payments and entitlement to damages in   certain  cases.  1.  In  any  case  in  which a residential tenant shall   lawfully make a payment to a utility company pursuant to the  provisions   of  sections  thirty-three,  thirty-four  and one hundred sixteen of the   public service law, or to a utility company as  defined  in  subdivision   twenty-three of section two of the public service law, public authority,   water-works  corporation,  as  defined  in  subdivision  twenty-seven of   section two of the public service law, or  municipal  water  system,  as   prescribed in section eighty-nine-l of the public service law, for water   service which a landlord is responsible for but has failed or refused to   provide  payment  therefor,  such  payment  shall be deductible from any   future payment of rent.2. Any owner (as defined in the  multiple  dwelling  law  or  multiple   residence  law)  of  a  multiple dwelling responsible for the payment of   charges for gas,  electric,  steam  or  water  service  who  causes  the   discontinuance  of that service by failure or refusal to pay the charges   for past service shall be liable for compensatory and  punitive  damages   to any tenant whose utility service is so discontinued.* 3. Nothing contained in this section and no payment made pursuant to   this section shall be deemed to discharge the liability of a renter with   an  interest  in  real  property  pursuant to subdivision two of section   three hundred four of the real property tax law  from  taxes  levied  on   such interest.* NB (Effective pending ruling by Commissioner of Internal Revenue)
NY Real Prop L § 235-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 235-B - Warranty of Habitability.

§  235-b.  Warranty of habitability. 1. In every written or oral lease or rental agreement for residential  premises  the  landlord  or  lessor shall  be  deemed to covenant and warrant that the premises so leased or rented and all areas used in connection therewith in common  with  other tenants  or  residents  are  fit  for  human habitation and for the uses reasonably intended by the  parties  and  that  the  occupants  of  such premises  shall  not  be  subjected  to  any  conditions  which would be dangerous, hazardous or detrimental to their  life,  health  or  safety. When  any such condition has been caused by the misconduct of the tenant or lessee or persons under  his  direction  or  control,  it  shall  not constitute a breach of such covenants and warranties.   2.  Any  agreement  by  a  lessee  or  tenant of a dwelling waiving or modifying his rights as set forth in  this  section  shall  be  void  as contrary to public policy.   3.  In  determining  the  amount of damages sustained by a tenant as a result of a breach of the warranty set forth in the section, the court;  (a) need not require any expert testimony; and  (b) shall, to the extent the warranty is breached or cannot  be  cured by  reason  of  a  strike  or  other  labor  dispute which is not caused primarily by the individual landlord or  lessor  and  such  damages  are attributable  to such strike, exclude recovery to such extent, except to the extent of the net savings, if any, to  the  landlord  or  lessor  by reason  of  such  strike  or  labor  dispute  allocable  to the tenant's premises, provided, however, that the landlord or lesser has made a good faith attempt, where practicable, to cure the breach.  (c) where the premises is subject to regulation pursuant to the  local emergency  housing rent control law, the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, the rent stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine or the city rent and rehabilitation law,  reduce  the  amount awarded  hereunder  by the total amount of any rent reduction ordered by the state division of housing and community  renewal  pursuant  to  such laws or act, awarded to the tenant, from the effective date of such rent reduction order, that relates to one or more matters for which relief is awarded hereunder.
NY Real Prop L § 235-BB (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 235-BB - Certificates of Occupancy; Required Disclosure to Tenant.

§ 235-bb. Certificates of occupancy; required disclosure to tenant. 1.   Prior  to  executing  a  residential  lease  or  rental agreement with a   tenant, the owner of real property consisting of three or  fewer  rental   units shall provide conspicuous notice in bold face type as to whether a   certificate  of  occupancy,  if  such certificate is required by law, is   currently valid for the dwelling unit subject to  the  lease  or  rental   agreement.  Owners  who  provide  the  tenant with an actual copy of the   valid certificate of occupancy shall be deemed to have complied with the   requirements of this subdivision.2. Any agreement by a  lessee  or  tenant  of  premises  for  dwelling   purposes  waiving  or  modifying  his or her rights as set forth in this   section shall be void as contrary to public policy.
NY Real Prop L § 235-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 235-C - Unconscionable Lease or Clause.

§  235-c.  Unconscionable lease or clause. 1. If the court as a matter   of law  finds  a  lease  or  any  clause  of  the  lease  to  have  been   unconscionable  at  the time it was made the court may refuse to enforce   the lease, or it may enforce the remainder  of  the  lease  without  the   unconscionable  clause,  or  it  may  so  limit  the  application of any   unconscionable clause as to avoid any unconscionable result.2. When it is claimed or appears to the court  that  a  lease  or  any   clause  thereof  may  be  unconscionable the parties shall be afforded a   reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to  its  setting,  purpose   and effect to aid the court in making the determination.
NY Real Prop L § 235-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 7 - Landlord and Tenant 235-D - Harassment.

§  235-d.  Harassment.  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,   within a city having a population of one million or more,  it  shall  be   unlawful  and shall constitute harassment for any landlord of a building   which at any time was occupied for manufacturing or warehouse  purposes,   or  other  person  acting  on  his  behalf,  to  engage in any course of   conduct, including, but  not  limited  to  intentional  interruption  or   discontinuance  or  willful  failure  to  restore  services  customarily   provided or required by written lease or other rental  agreement,  which   interferes  with  or  disturbs  the comfort, repose, peace or quiet of a   tenant in the tenant's use or occupancy of rental space if such  conduct   is  intended  to  cause  the  tenant  (i)  to  vacate a building or part   thereof; or (ii) to surrender or waive any rights of such  tenant  under   the tenant's written lease or other rental agreement.2.  The  lawful termination of a tenancy or lawful refusal to renew or   extend a written lease or other rental agreement  shall  not  constitute   harassment for purposes of this section.3.  As  used  in this section the term "tenant" means only a person or   business occupying or residing at the premises  pursuant  to  a  written   lease  or  other  rental  agreement,  if  such premises are located in a   building which at any time was occupied for manufacturing  or  warehouse   purposes  and  a  certificate  of  occupancy for residential use of such   building is not in effect at the  time  of  the  last  alleged  acts  or   incidents upon which the harassment claim is based.4. A tenant may apply to the supreme court for an order enjoining acts   or  practices  which constitute harassment under subdivision one of this   section; and upon sufficient showing, the  supreme  court  may  issue  a   temporary or permanent injunction, restraining order or other order, all   of  which  may,  as  the  court  determines in the exercise of its sound   discretion, be granted without bond. In the event  the  court  issues  a   preliminary  injunction it shall make provision for an expeditious trial   of the underlying action.5. The powers and remedies set forth  in  this  section  shall  be  in   addition  to  all  other  powers  and remedies in relation to harassment   including the award  of  damages.  Nothing  contained  herein  shall  be   construed  to  amend, repeal, modify or affect any existing local law or   ordinance, or provision of the charter or  administrative  code  of  the   city of New York, or to limit or restrict the power of the city to amend   or  modify any existing local law, ordinance or provision of the charter   or administrative code, or to restrict  or  limit  any  power  otherwise   conferred by law with respect to harassment.6.  Any  agreement  by  a  tenant  in  a written lease or other rental   agreement waiving or modifying his rights as set forth in  this  section   shall be void as contrary to public policy.