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type: "Bill"
title: "Makes rent stabilized dwelling units eligible for certain protections"
description: "Requires that the entire amount of a rental deposit or advance be refundable to the tenant upon the tenant's vacating of the premises except for an amount lawfully retained for non-payment of rent or utilities, damage caused by the tenant, or storage costs; requires landlord to provide an itemized statement of damages and to return the balance of the deposit within 14 days; requires that tenant be given the opportunity to inspect the rental premises prior to signing a lease; allows a grantee or assignee of the leased premises to demand that an escrow account be opened."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 952"
citation: "New York S 952 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Kavanagh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f40a0c8d-0267-4494-a388-1b15248ab5fc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S952"
source_hash: "ac875fd4053b7cff1416439fde3a1550338c646b98c40798c93df1dcbc838a04"
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 952 (2025-2026) — Makes rent stabilized dwelling units eligible for certain protections
Requires that the entire amount of a rental deposit or advance be refundable to the tenant upon the tenant's vacating of the premises except for an amount lawfully retained for non-payment of rent or utilities, damage caused by the tenant, or storage costs; requires landlord to provide an itemized statement of damages and to return the balance of the deposit within 14 days; requires that tenant be given the opportunity to inspect the rental premises prior to signing a lease; allows a grantee or assignee of the leased premises to demand that an escrow account be opened.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S952** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S952&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S952A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S952A)
3. **S952B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S952B)
## Votes
- Assembly Vote — **95–50** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **38–23** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary Vote — **13–6** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Kavanagh — primary (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.344
- **2025-02-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-02-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-02-26** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 952A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 952B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-04-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-04-29** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6423A
- **2025-04-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.154
- **2025-05-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-10-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-10-16** SIGNED CHAP.436 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f40a0c8d-0267-4494-a388-1b15248ab5fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).