---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the right of tenants to call police or emergency assistance without fear of losing their housing"
description: "Establishes the right of tenants to call police or emergency assistance without fear of losing their housing as the result of landlord actions or local nuisance laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 2665"
citation: "New York A 2665 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LAVINE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f5da3ad-69c1-4fe8-ac1c-014079921995"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2665"
source_hash: "2d4f38913dd8c17ed53d911afc6702e6107774b67141843e48b8df6566cfeea5"
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 A 2665 (2019-2020) — Establishes the right of tenants to call police or emergency assistance without fear of losing their housing

Establishes the right of tenants to call police or emergency assistance without fear of losing their housing as the result of landlord actions or local nuisance laws.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2665** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2665&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A2665A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A2665A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- MOTION:GIGLIO; To appeal decision of the chair — **93–53** (pass) · lower
- MOTION:MALLIOTAKIS; To appeal decision of the chair — **93–53** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LAVINE — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
- BURKE — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKE — cosponsor (person)
- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
- RAIA — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SOLAGES — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- TITUS — cosponsor (person)
- WALKER — cosponsor (person)
- WEINSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-05** PRINT NUMBER 2665A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** REPORTED
- **2019-04-09** RULES REPORT CAL.57
- **2019-04-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.57
- **2019-04-09** RULING OF CHAIR ON POINT OF ORDER
- **2019-04-09** RULING OF CHAIR ON POINT OF ORDER
- **2019-04-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-04-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-04-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4657A
- **2019-05-14** 3RD READING CAL.587
- **2019-05-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-09-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-13** SIGNED CHAP.263 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f5da3ad-69c1-4fe8-ac1c-014079921995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).