Require Agencies to Provide Vacate Order Documentation
In committee as of May 27, 2026Under review by an assigned committee.
✦ Plain-Language Summary
This bill would require city agencies like the Department of Buildings and Fire Department to give tenants written documentation about vacate orders when requested. If you were forced to leave your building due to a city order, you could request proof showing why and when the order was issued, and the agency would have to provide it within 14 days.
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Details
- Introduced
- Apr 16, 2026
- Body
- Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
- Type
- Introduction
- Status
- Committee
Sponsors (1)
Official Description
This bill would require agencies that issue vacate orders—specifically, Department of Buildings (DOB), Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), and New York City Fire Department (FDNY) — to provide documentation about vacate orders, including the reason for an order and the date it was issued, to affected occupants upon request. Occupants who were required to leave a building due to a vacate order would be allowed to submit a request for documentation online and by mail to the agency that issued the order, and the agency would be required to provide the requested documentation within 14 days of receipt of the request.