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What is NYC AC § 27-2018.1?

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This section mandates that owners of housing accommodations provide tenants with a notice detailing the property's bedbug infestation history for the previous year. The notice must be furnished at the signing of a lease and includes additional requirements for multiple dwellings. Applies to building owners of multiple dwellings.

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§ 27-2018.1 Notice of bedbug infestation history.

AC § 27-2018.1

a. For housing accommodations subject to this code, an owner shall furnish to each tenant signing a vacancy lease, a notice in a form promulgated or approved by the state division of housing and community renewal that sets forth the property's bedbug infestation history for the previous year regarding the premises rented by the tenant and the building in which the premises are located. b. Upon written complaint, in a form promulgated or approved by the division of housing and community renewal, by the tenant that he or she was not furnished with a copy of the notice required pursuant to subdivision a of this section, the division of housing and community renewal shall order the owner to furnish the notice. c. An owner of a multiple dwelling shall (i) provide each tenant, upon commencement of a new lease and with each renewal lease, or (ii) post, in a prominent public location within such multiple dwelling the following: 1. a copy of the most recent electronic form submitted pursuant to subdivision a of section 27-2018.2; and 2. a notice, in a form promulgated or approved by the department of health and mental hygiene, that provides information about the prevention, detection and removal of bedbug infestations. (Am. L.L. 2017/069, 5/10/2017, eff. 11/6/2017)

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