Bill > A01418

This bill amends the Emergency Tenant Protection Act to provide additional protections for certain tenants in New York City who temporarily left their housing units during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the bill ensures that senior citizens and disabled persons who vacated their residential dwelling units between March 12, 2020, and January 1, 2022, due to health impacts related to COVID-19, and who assert an intent to return, will be considered as still occupying their unit as their primary residence. This means that such tenants cannot be evicted or have their housing status challenged during this period, even if they were not physically present in the unit. The amendment is part of broader tenant protection efforts, expanding on existing provisions that already protected certain groups, such as victims of domestic violence, from losing their primary residence status when temporarily away from their housing accommodation. The bill aims to provide additional security for vulnerable populations during the unprecedented health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Housing and Urban Affairs

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1418