Extreme Weather Tenant Protection Act

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[AbolishCSEU]

THE TERM "EXTREME WEATHER CONDITION" SHALL MEAN: (A) (I) ANY PERIOD FOR WHICH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN OFFICIAL WARNING OR ADVISORY FOR EXCESSIVE HEAT, DEFINED AS A FORE- CASTED HEAT INDEX OR REAL-FEEL TEMPERATURE OF NINETY DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR HIGHER; OR (II) ANY PERIOD FOR WHICH THE GOVERNOR HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMER- GENCY UNDER SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW RELATED TO EXTREME COLD, STORM, FLOOD, WILDFIRE SMOKE, OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER EVENT; AND (B) THE SEVENTY-TWO HOUR PERIOD FOLLOWING A PERIOD UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. 2. (A) IN A PROCEEDING TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF A PREMISES OCCUPIED FOR DWELLING PURPOSES, OTHER THAN A ROOM OR ROOMS IN A HOTEL OCCUPIED BY A TRANSIENT OCCUPANT FOR LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS, THE COURT SHALL NOT ISSUE A WARRANT PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-NINE OF THIS ARTICLE WITH AN EXECUTION DATE DURING AN EXTREME WEATHER CONDITION. (B) AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF AN EXTREME WEATHER CONDITION, ALL PENDING UNEXECUTED JUDGMENTS AND WARRANTS ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL AUTO- MATICALLY BE STAYED THROUGH THE END OF SUCH EXTREME WEATHER CONDITION. NO OFFICER OF THE COURT, SHERIFF, MARSHAL, OR CITY CONSTABLE SHALL EXECUTE OR ENFORCE A WARRANT OF EVICTION OR WRIT OF POSSESSION UPON A RESIDENTIAL TENANT DURING AN EXTREME WEATHER CONDITION.

[Buttons12]

I predict rents will DOUBLE.

I think that's already illegal!

[cgbg]

Yup—the biggest effect of laws like this is future potential landlords decide there are better places to invest their money.

Then the housing stock gradually deteriorates—and everyone wonders how that happened...

[AbolishCSEU]

Yes, it’s what the markets will bear but downstate, NYC and several BLUE counties/municipalities in upstate, they have already enacted “Good Cause” which is de facto rent control as well as leases in perpetuity.