S 4142: Requires the disclosure of bedbug infestation history for the previous year to prospective lessees; does not apply to cities with a population of one million or more; includes co-op sales and co-op and condo rentals in addition to other types of rentals.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4142 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 3, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to providing prospec- tive lessees with the property's bedbug infestation history for the previous year 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. Notice of bedbug infestation history. 1. All prospective 4 lessees shall be furnished with a notice, in a form promulgated or 5 approved by the state division of housing and community renewal, that 6 sets forth the property's bedbug infestation history for the previous 7 year. 8 2. Information shall include any bedbug infestation of the premises to 9 be rented by the prospective tenant and the building in which the prem- 10 ises are located. 11 3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to cities with a 12 population of one million or more. 13 4. This section shall apply to, but not be limited to, co-op sales and 14 co-op and condo rentals. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 16 have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of the state 17 division of housing and community renewal may take any action necessary 18 for the timely implementation of this act on or before the date on which 19 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07734-01-5