Int. No. 442
By Council Member Cumbo
Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring landlords to provide tenants with documentation of damages when deducting money from a tenant's security deposit
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Title 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new chapter 12 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 12
RETURN OF SECURITY DEPOSIT
? 26-1203 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
End date. The term "end date" means the earliest of the following:
1. The expiration date of a rental agreement without renewal and without the initiation of a tenancy at will, a tenancy by sufferance, a monthly tenancy or a month to month tenancy pursuant to article 7 of the real property law;
2. The date on which a tenant lawfully surrenders a premises or terminates a lease pursuant to article 7 of the real property law; or
3. The date on which a landlord may lawfully reenter a premises after terminating a rental agreement, a tenancy at will, a tenancy by sufferance, a monthly tenancy or a month to month tenancy pursuant to article 7 of the real property law.
Landlord. The term "landlord" means an owner, lessor, sublessor, assignee or other person receiving or entitled to receive rent for the use or occupancy of a premises or an agent of any of the foregoing.
Repairs. The term "repairs" means repairs or cleaning to address damage to a premises that the landlord did not cause and that did not result from the tenant's reasonable use of the premises.
Security deposit. The term "security deposit" means money, whether cash or otherwise, paid to a landlord to be held for all or part of the term of a tenancy to secure performance of any obligation of the tenant under the rental agreement.
Tenant. The term "tenant" means a per...
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