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Home/Bills/A 2287New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 2287: Relates to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the definition of harassment.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified June 5, 2026

What A 2287 does, verified June 5, 2026

The bill aims to expand the definition of harassment in the Administrative Code of the City of New York. It seeks to include illegal conversions of dwelling units and occupancy or use of dwelling units in a class A multiple dwelling that violate state or local laws in the definition of harassment. This change would help protect tenants from unfair treatment and ensure that they receive fair housing. The bill would take effect 90 days after it becomes a law.

Bill journey
✓IntroducedComplete
✓In CommitteeComplete
✓First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO RULES (2026-06-01)Alert me
Recent actions8 total · showing 5
Jun. 01, 2026REFERRED TO RULES
Jun. 01, 2026delivered to senate
Jun. 01, 2026passed assembly
Jan. 07, 2026ordered to third reading cal.83
Feb. 27, 2025advanced to third reading cal.34
Full action history, 3 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 16, 2025 · 253 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2287 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing 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 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 48 of subdivision a of section 27-2004 of the 2 administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding two new 3 subparagraphs b-5 and b-6 to read as follows: 4 b-5. illegal conversion of any existing facilities of any building, 5 including but not limited to, the subdivision of rooms, erection or 6 demolition of walls, or the moving of any building from one location or 7 position to another in violation of any state or local law, ordinance, 8 code, rule, or regulation relating to real property, buildings, or 9 multiple dwellings; 10 b-6. occupancy or use of dwelling units in a class A multiple dwelling 11 that would violate subdivision eight of section four of the multiple 12 dwelling law; 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 14 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05724-01-5 
Text of A 2287 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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