S 10205 NY
Relates to publishing materials regarding a landlord's duty to provide certain housing accommodations
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New York S 10205 directs the Division of Housing and Community Renewal to develop educational materials for landlords and property owners about their legal responsibilities to provide accessible housing accommodations. The materials must address accessibility requirements for seniors aged 62 and older and tenants with disabilities. The educational materials shall include information about legal obligations, accessibility design and construction requirements, and cost estimates for common modifications such as grab bars, wheelchair ramps, and wheelchair lifts. The division must make these materials publicly available on its website and in multiple languages. The bill takes effect 180 days after becoming law.
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Directs the division of housing and community renewal, in consultation with the office for the aging and the division of human rights to develop educational materials regarding property owner's legal responsibilities to provide accessible housing accommodations.
Sponsor (1)
- Christopher Ryan Democratic · primary
Action history (1)
- May 5, 2026 REFERRED TO AGING · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S10205 Summary: BILL NO S10205   SAME AS No Same As   SPONSOR RYAN C   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Add §227-g, RP L   Directs the division of housing and community renewal, in consultation with the office for the aging and the division of human rights to develop educational materials regarding property owner's legal responsibilities to provide accessible housing accommodations.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10205
IN SENATE
May 5, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to directing the division of housing and community renewal, in consultation with the office for the aging and the division of human rights to develop educational materials regarding property owner's legal responsibil- ities to provide accessible housing accommodations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new section 2 227-g to read as follows: 3 § 227-g. Landlord accessibility education. 1. The commissioner of 4 housing and community renewal, in consultation with the office for the 5 aging and the division of human rights, shall develop and maintain a 6 standardized set of educational materials and resources for landlords 7 and property owners regarding their legal responsibility and obligations 8 to provide accessible housing accommodations for lessees and tenants who 9 are sixty-two years of age or older, and/or who have a disability as 10 defined in section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law. 11 2. Such educational materials and resources shall include, but not 12 limited to: 13 (a) a landlord or property owner's responsibility for providing or 14 permitting accessible housing accommodations for senior and/or disabled 15 tenants or lessees under section two hundred ninety-six of the executive 16 law; 17 (b) guidance on the design and construction requirements for common 18 accessibility modifications; and 19 (c) the average costs for common retrofitting projects, including but 20 not limited to, the installation of shower grab bars, wheelchair lifts, 21 wheelchair ramps, and lowered light switches. 22 3. The division of housing and community renewal shall make the educa- 23 tional materials developed pursuant to this section accessible to the 24 public on its webpage.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15507-02-6
S. 10205 2
1 4. Such educational materials and resources shall be available in 2 multiple languages in accordance with section two hundred two-a of the 3 executive law. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 5 it shall have become a law.
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