S 7633: Relates to actions and proceedings seeking an abatement of rent based on violations of the housing maintenance code, applicable housing standards, the building code, or the health code; relates to the number of housing judges assigned to certain actions.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7633 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to actions and proceedings seeking an abatement of rent based on violations of the housing maintenance code The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 110 of the New York city civil 2 court act is amended by adding a new paragraph 10 to read as follows: 3 (10) Actions and proceedings seeking an abatement of rent based on 4 violations of the housing maintenance code, applicable housing stand- 5 ards, building code, or health code. Such abatements shall be granted 6 beginning at the time when the landlord or landlord's agents knew or 7 should have known of the violation until the abatement is corrected. For 8 the purposes of this provision, "violation" shall mean any condition 9 that would give rise to a violation of the housing maintenance code. 10 Abatements shall be calculated based on the impacted percentage of the 11 subject premises or the following, whichever is higher: 12 (i) For each non-hazardous violation, not less than fifty dollars nor 13 more than one hundred fifty dollars, 14 (ii) For each hazardous violation, not less than seventy-five dollars 15 nor more than five hundred dollars, and 16 (iii) For each immediately hazardous violation: 17 (A) in a multiple dwelling containing five or fewer dwelling units, 18 not less than one hundred fifty dollars nor more than seven hundred 19 fifty dollars, and, in addition, from the date set for correction in the 20 notice of violation until the violation is corrected, not less than 21 fifty dollars nor more than one hundred fifty dollars per day; and 22 (B) in a multiple dwelling containing more than five dwelling units, 23 not less than one hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand two 24 hundred dollars, and, in addition, from the date set for correction in EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11478-01-5 
 S. 7633 2 1 the notice of violation until the violation is corrected, not less than 2 one hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand two hundred dollars 3 per day. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 5 have become a law.