BILL NUMBER: S2542
SPONSOR: MYRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the
definition of harassment
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To amend the New York City administrative code to add illegal conver-
sions of dwelling units in the definition of harassment.
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends paragraph 48 of subdivision a of section 27-2004 of the
administrative code for the city of New York by adding two new acts or
subparagraphs b-5 and b-6 which define illegal conversion of any exist-
ing facilities of any building, as subdivisions of rooms, erection or
demolition of walls, or the moving of any building from one location or
position to another,. It also defined occupancy or use of dwelling units
as a class A multiple dwelling that would violate subdivision 8 of
section four of the multiple dwelling law that causes or is intended to
cause any person to vacate a dwelling unit, to surrender or waive any
rights about such occupancy.
Section 2 provides for the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
As the housing crisis continues to worsen in the city of New York,
building owners and developers are using numerous tactics to harass
tenants. We must support our tenants by labeling such acts as illegal
conversion of dwellings as a form of harassment.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S2348 of 2023-24: Reported and Committed to Codes.
S280 of 2021-22: Reported and Committed to Codes.
S3436C of 2019-20: Referred to Housing, Construction, and Community
Development.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Undetermined.
 
EFFECTIVE DKTE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.