New NYS law requires occupancy permits for apartments
NEW YORK STATE (WENY) - A new law just went into effect less than a week ago that affects some landlords in New York State.
On November 6th, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that "prohibits landlords from collecting rent or maintaining a nonpayment eviction proceeding during the period for which there is no valid certificate of occupancy." The law also "prohibits tenants and owners from living in a residence that does not have a valid certificate of occupancy." On Tuesday, the Chemung County New York Landlords Association held a meeting discussing this new law via Skype with Attorney Jaime Cain of Rochester's Boylan Code law firm, who represents owners, landlords and investors. According to Cain, she did a memorandum on this new law and says it plays into the, Tenant Protection Act. Cain says, that it requires landlords to have this certificate of occupancy, who have a building that is three units or more and was built after 1952.
"Our understanding from what the attorney in Rochester has told us, is that this new law applies mainly to multi-units, three family or more built since 1952, knowing that none of the local municipalities have certificates of occupancy. I think we'll just conduct business as usual," says Skip Mills, the Vice President of the Chemung County N.Y. Landlords Association.
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