---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to protecting tenants from illegally converted dwellings"
description: "Requires an owner of real property to provide notice to tenants of a residential lease as to whether a certificate of occupancy, if such certificate is required by law, is currently valid for the dwelling subject to the lease."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 6636"
citation: "New York S 6636 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOLDEN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-06-08"
last_action: "2017-11-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37fca005-3bea-4efc-8e03-f5c99c34b353"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S6636"
source_hash: "afb7db243854d2ebcb0d9cfbb8f676d812084c91a7b57f798e98411618d21bc7"
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 6636 (2017-2018) — Relates to protecting tenants from illegally converted dwellings

Requires an owner of real property to provide notice to tenants of a residential lease as to whether a certificate of occupancy, if such certificate is required by law, is currently valid for the dwelling subject to the lease.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S6636 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6636&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S6636 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S6636)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **134–5** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **47–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GOLDEN — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-06-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.2178
- **2017-06-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-21** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8249
- **2017-06-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.359
- **2017-06-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-29** SIGNED CHAP.446 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37fca005-3bea-4efc-8e03-f5c99c34b353`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).