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legislation/us/states/ny/2025-2026/s-952.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Makes rent stabilized dwelling units eligible for certain protections"
+description: "Requires that the entire amount of a rental deposit or advance be refundable to the tenant upon the tenant's vacating of the premises except for an amount lawfully retained for non-payment of rent or utilities, damage caused by the tenant, or storage costs; requires landlord to provide an itemized statement of damages and to return the balance of the deposit within 14 days; requires that tenant be given the opportunity to inspect the rental premises prior to signing a lease; allows a grantee or assignee of the leased premises to demand that an escrow account be opened."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 952"
+citation: "New York S 952 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Kavanagh"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-08"
+last_action: "2025-10-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f40a0c8d-0267-4494-a388-1b15248ab5fc"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S952"
+source_hash: "ac875fd4053b7cff1416439fde3a1550338c646b98c40798c93df1dcbc838a04"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York S 952 (2025-2026) — Makes rent stabilized dwelling units eligible for certain protections
+
+Requires that the entire amount of a rental deposit or advance be refundable to the tenant upon the tenant's vacating of the premises except for an amount lawfully retained for non-payment of rent or utilities, damage caused by the tenant, or storage costs; requires landlord to provide an itemized statement of damages and to return the balance of the deposit within 14 days; requires that tenant be given the opportunity to inspect the rental premises prior to signing a lease; allows a grantee or assignee of the leased premises to demand that an escrow account be opened.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S952** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S952&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **S952A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S952A)
+3. **S952B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S952B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **95–50** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **38–23** (pass) · upper
+- Judiciary Vote — **13–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Kavanagh — primary (person)
+- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.344
+- **2025-02-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2025-02-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2025-02-26** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 952A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-09** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 952B `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-04-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-04-29** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6423A
+- **2025-04-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.154
+- **2025-05-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-05-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-10-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-10-16** SIGNED CHAP.436 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f40a0c8d-0267-4494-a388-1b15248ab5fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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