Bill > S09332

This bill, known as the "anti-slumlord act," aims to prevent individuals or entities with outstanding serious safety violations in their existing residential properties from acquiring new ones. It defines "immediate hazardous violation" as a code violation that poses an immediate threat to occupants' life, health, or safety, and "residential property" broadly to include various types of dwellings. Under the act, property owners with such violations cannot directly or indirectly purchase new residential property until all outstanding violations are corrected and certified by the issuing housing enforcement agency. To enforce this, prospective buyers must submit a compliance certification form, affirming they have no such violations, before any deed can be recorded; failure to do so makes the conveyance voidable. The Attorney General is empowered to take legal action to invalidate any prohibited property transfers, and knowing violations can result in significant civil penalties, with collected funds to be used for emergency repairs on the properties with violations. The act also clarifies the definition of immediate hazardous violations within the Multiple Dwelling Law and grants municipalities the authority to adopt classifications for these violations, making transfers subject to the new law.

Housing and Urban Affairs

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S9332