S 7597: Enacts the "protection against unfair section 8 evictions (P.A.U.S.E.) act"; provides that in any case of public assistance where the municipality or section 8 refuses to pay the required portion of rent under any state, local or federal subsidy program due to building code violations or violations of the warranty of habitability pursuant to section two hundred thirty-five-b of the real property law, the tenant or lawful occupant of a dwelling shall not be required to pay their share under any state, local or federal subsidy program and shall not be subject to eviction summary proceedings for non-payment of rent or supplemental rent.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7597 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law and the real property law, in relation to unlawful eviction The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "protection against unfair section 8 evictions (P.A.U.S.E.) act". 3 § 2. Section 768 of the real property actions and proceedings law is 4 amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 5 3. In any case of public assistance where the municipality or section 6 8 refuses to pay the required portion of rent under any state, local or 7 federal subsidy program due to building code violations or violations of 8 the warranty of habitability pursuant to section two hundred thirty- 9 five-b of the real property law, the tenant or lawful occupant of a 10 dwelling shall not be required to pay their share under any state, local 11 or federal subsidy program and shall not be subject to eviction summary 12 proceedings for non-payment of rent or supplemental rent. 13 § 3. Section 770 of the real property actions and proceedings law is 14 amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 15 3. In any case of public assistance where the municipality or section 16 8 refuses to pay the required portion of rent under any state, local or 17 federal subsidy program due to building code violations or violations of 18 the warranty of habitability pursuant to section two hundred thirty- 19 five-b of the real property law or pursuant to subdivision one of this 20 section, the tenants or lawful occupants of a dwelling shall not be 21 required to pay their share under a state, local or federal subsidy 22 program and shall not be subject to eviction summary proceedings for 23 non-payment of rent or supplemental rent. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11755-01-5 
 S. 7597 2 1 § 4. Section 235-b of the real property law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. In any case of public assistance where the municipality or section 4 8 refuses to pay the required portion of rent under any state, local or 5 federal subsidy program due to building code violations or violations of 6 the warranty of habitability pursuant to this section, the tenants or 7 lawful occupants of a dwelling shall not be required to pay their share 8 under any state, local or federal subsidy program and shall not be 9 subject to eviction summary proceedings for non-payment of rent or 10 supplemental rent. 11 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.