---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to harassment of a rent regulated tenant"
description: "Relates to harassment of a rent regulated tenant; establishes the crimes of harassment of a rent regulated tenant in the first and second degree."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 6188"
citation: "New York A 6188 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LENTOL"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-12-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02be9b76-2492-478e-970c-9dc1711c1461"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A6188"
source_hash: "e88dfba5525ab36e06f916e25cd8eaae764a710d9568d142b4f89b56aea7cc1c"
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 6188 (2019-2020) — Relates to harassment of a rent regulated tenant

Relates to harassment of a rent regulated tenant; establishes the crimes of harassment of a rent regulated tenant in the first and second degree.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6188&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **42–17** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **108–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LENTOL — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** REPORTED
- **2019-03-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.122
- **2019-03-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-03-26** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-03-26** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2605
- **2019-04-10** 3RD READING CAL.214
- **2019-04-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-04-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-03** SIGNED CHAP.573 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02be9b76-2492-478e-970c-9dc1711c1461`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).