NY - FORCING LANDLORD TO MAKE REPAIRS CAN BE A PROCESS

New York Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (RPAPL) Article 7-D was enacted into law in 2022 and became effective on December 30, 2023.  The law was sponsored as the Tenant Dignity and Safe Housing Act. It was designed to provide tenants outside of New York City with an effective legal mechanism to compel landlords to make necessary repairs for housing code violations.

Has it worked? Yes and no - it still involves litigation and so it is not instant relief. Here is a story about some tenants' experience with the procedure in upstate New York.

See TIMES UNION: In upstate New York, renters can sue landlords, sometimes at heavy cost