---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the board of directors of certain cooperative corporations and not-for-profit corporations to provide tenants with changes to the by-laws in writing"
description: "Requires the board of directors of certain cooperative corporations and not-for-profit corporations to provide tenants with changes to the by-laws in writing within ten days of adoption; requires notification to tenants of changes affecting occupancy or the rules of the building."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4956"
citation: "New York S 4956 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BENJAMIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-02"
last_action: "2019-11-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e24ed14-196a-4b4b-86ed-c38973670438"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4956"
source_hash: "e6498a03f4c62877ac783026d7ee239472b397dbbc3b0ce0399d9de78c4153ab"
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 4956 (2019-2020) — Requires the board of directors of certain cooperative corporations and not-for-profit corporations to provide tenants with changes to the by-laws in writing

Requires the board of directors of certain cooperative corporations and not-for-profit corporations to provide tenants with changes to the by-laws in writing within ten days of adoption; requires notification to tenants of changes affecting occupancy or the rules of the building.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4956** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4956&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S4956A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4956A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **125–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BENJAMIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-02** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1144
- **2019-06-03** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4956A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-11** REFERRED TO HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A456A
- **2019-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.163
- **2019-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-25** SIGNED CHAP.558 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e24ed14-196a-4b4b-86ed-c38973670438`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).