Relates to unlawful tenancies under the emergency tenant protection act of 1974

Latest action Feb 3, 2026

Relates to unlawful tenancies under the emergency tenant protection act of 1974; prohibits owners from entering or renewing leases where such owner has reason to know that such tenant will not occupy the housing accommodation as the tenant's primary residence.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A1622, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Committee

Housing · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Housing, Construction And Community Development · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

To require that the primary resident of a rent-regulated unit be a natural person.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateFeb 3, 2026Result: passed
(58) (2) (0) (1)
Vote: Committee vote · Housing, Construction And Community Development
Senate Housing, Construction And Community DevelopmentJan 27, 2026Result: passed
(9) (1) (0) (0)
Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMar 11, 2025Result: passed
(59) (2) (0) (2)
Vote: Committee vote · Housing, Construction And Community Development
Senate Housing, Construction And Community DevelopmentJan 27, 2025Result: passed
(10) (1) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

John Liu, José M. Serrano and 1 more on Agora

Democratic3

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Liz Krueger says this is needed

There is a growing problem of landlords renting apartments to companies that in turn rent them out to transients (tourists, short-stay occu- pants) as illegal hotel rooms. This bill would require that rent regu- lated apartments be used for residential purposes. The purpose of rent regulation is to protect the stock of affordable housing for permanent residential purposes. The practices this bill would undermine the affordable housing market. Current law allows a landlord to evict a tenant from a rent-regulated apartment if it is not the tenant's primary residence. But a landlord is currently not barred from renting a rent-regulated apartment for non-primary residence.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Feb 3, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Feb 3, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Feb 3, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HOUSING
NY Assembly
Jan 29, 2026
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Jan 28, 2026
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate

Show full history (12 earlier events)

Jan 27, 2026
1ST Report CAL.160
1ST REPORT CAL.160
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Died in Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HOUSING
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
NY Senate
Mar 11, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Mar 11, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Mar 11, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HOUSING
NY Assembly
Feb 3, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Jan 28, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Jan 27, 2025
1ST Report CAL.167
1ST REPORT CAL.167
NY Senate
Jan 10, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HOUSING
NY Assembly
Jan 8, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
NY Senate

About this record

Summary: The summary comes from NY Open Legislation, the New York State Senate's public record. For more, see How we handle summaries.
Cosponsors: The list shows the cosponsors who are on Agora, A to Z. The official record may list more.
Party colors: Parties are shown in the same neutral colors.
Source: From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Oct 31, 2026. About our data

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