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A 1526: Imposes penalties for non-compliance of DHCR orders by owners of multiple dwelling units; provides a fine of $5,000 for each instance of non-compliance.
What A 1526 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to impose penalties on landlords and owners who fail to comply with orders from the Division of Housing and Community Renewal. Landlords and owners of multiple dwellings or private dwellings who fail to comply with orders may be subject to a fine of up to $5,000 for each instance of non-compliance. The term "owner" includes the owner of the freehold, mortgagee, vendee in possession, assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee, agent, or any person directly or indirectly in control of a dwelling. The term "dwelling unit" refers to any residential accommodation in a multiple dwelling or private dwelling. The bill will take effect 60 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to housing (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to housing |
| Jan. 10, 2025 | referred to housing |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 10, 2025 · 370 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1526 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the public housing law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to penalties for non-compliance of division of housing and community renewal orders The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section 2 14-a to read as follows: 3 § 14-a. Penalties for non-compliance. Any landlord or owner of a 4 multiple dwelling who fails to comply with any order by the division of 5 housing shall be subject to a fine of not more than five thousand 6 dollars for each instance of non-compliance. 7 § 2. Title 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York is 8 amended by adding a new chapter 1 to read as follows: 9 CHAPTER 1 10 MISCELLANEOUS 11 Section 26-101 Penalties for non-compliance. 12 § 26-101 Penalties for non-compliance. 1. Any owner of a dwelling unit 13 who fails to comply with any order by the division of housing and commu- 14 nity renewal shall be subject to a fine of not more than five thousand 15 dollars for each instance of non-compliance. 16 2. For purposes of this section: 17 (a) the term "owner" shall mean and include the owner or owners of the 18 freehold of the premises or lesser estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee 19 in possession, assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee, 20 agent, or any other person, firm or corporation, directly or indirectly 21 in control of a dwelling; and 22 (b) the term "dwelling unit" shall mean any residential accommodation 23 in a multiple dwelling or private dwelling. 24 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 25 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04439-01-5
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