NYC Council Introduction 252

intro.nyc/0252-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Requiring landlords to provide tenants with documentation of damages when deducting money from a tenant’s security deposit.
Status: Committee Committee on Housing and Buildings
Sponsored by Crystal Hudson
Introduced: February 28, 2024

The proposed bill would require landlords to provide certain documentation to tenants whenever a landlord deducts money from a tenant’s security deposit at the end of a tenancy. The documentation required would include an itemized statement of all deductions, as well as receipts or invoices for any repair costs that the landlord is deducting from the security deposit.