---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the NYC housing authority to include a notice informing a prospective tenant or tenant of the ability to add legal occupants to the lease or renewal lease"
description: "Requires the NYC housing authority to include a notice informing a prospective tenant or current tenant of the ability to add legal occupants to the lease or renewal lease and to provide a form to add the additional legal occupants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 5410"
citation: "New York A 5410 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CYMBROWITZ"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2020-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3acd19ee-1eed-4e9b-ab1c-8b4458046601"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5410"
source_hash: "fe6924affa1c9a744f0af7dd000844c3cee962d6d57576dc044ecf0bec19dfdf"
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 5410 (2019-2020) — Requires the NYC housing authority to include a notice informing a prospective tenant or tenant of the ability to add legal occupants to the lease or renewal lease

Requires the NYC housing authority to include a notice informing a prospective tenant or current tenant of the ability to add legal occupants to the lease or renewal lease and to provide a form to add the additional legal occupants.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5410** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5410&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A5410A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A5410A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- CYMBROWITZ — primary (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- WRIGHT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** REFERRED TO HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-23** PRINT NUMBER 5410A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-28** REPORTED
- **2020-01-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.356
- **2020-02-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-02-03** REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5342A
- **2020-07-22** 3RD READING CAL.781
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-09-16** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-09-21** SIGNED CHAP.171 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3acd19ee-1eed-4e9b-ab1c-8b4458046601`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).