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A 7582: Requires landlords to notify tenants if common areas or amenities in their building will be out of service for more than seven consecutive days; provides for a $1,000 civil penalty for violation.
What A 7582 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to require landlords to notify tenants if common areas or amenities in their building will be out of service for more than seven consecutive days. The landlord must provide written updates to all tenants on a weekly basis, either by posting notices in the building or distributing them through email, a building management portal, or text alert. These updates must include the reason for the common area or amenity being out of service, the status of the repairs, an estimated timeline for when it will be back in service, and contact information for the landlord or their agent. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars per week of non-compliance, enforceable by the relevant municipal housing agency. The bill takes effect sixty days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to housing (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7582
- What is the current status of A 7582?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7582 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to housing".
- Did A 7582 pass?
- Not yet. A 7582 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7582, and where is it now?
- A 7582 was authored by Asm. Yudelka Tapia. Its committee of record is Assembly Housing.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to housing |
| Apr. 01, 2025 | referred to housing |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 1, 2025 · 373 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7582 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 1, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to requiring land- lords to notify tenants if common areas or amenities in their building will be out of service for more than seven consecutive days The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new section 2 235-k to read as follows: 3 § 235-k. Duty to provide notice of common area repairs. 1. In the 4 event that a common area or amenity in a multiple dwelling, including 5 but not limited to elevators, laundry rooms, or building entrances, is 6 out of service for more than seven consecutive days, the landlord shall 7 provide written updates to all tenants on a weekly basis. 8 2. Notices required under subdivision one of this section shall be 9 posted in a conspicuous location within the building and distributed via 10 at least one additional method, including but not limited to email, 11 building management portal or text alert. Each such notice shall include 12 but not be limited to: 13 (a) a description of the reason for the common area or amenity being 14 out of service; 15 (b) the status of the repairs or other reason for such common area or 16 amenity being out of service; 17 (c) an estimated timeline for when such common area or amenity will no 18 longer be out of service; and 19 (d) contact information for the landlord or their agent. 20 3. Failure to comply with this section shall constitute a violation 21 subject to a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars per week of 22 non-compliance, enforceable by the relevant municipal housing agency. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 24 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11247-01-5
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