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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 223-b

Citation
Section 223-b
Parent Document
Baer v. Huggins, 41 Misc. 3d 605 (2013)
Jurisdiction
New York (state)
Effective Date
2013-08-08

Full Text

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Section 223-b provides for a rebuttable presumption of retaliation where, among other things, a landlord serves a notice to *611quit or commences a proceeding to recover possession within six months after the tenant makes a good faith complaint “to a governmental authority of the landlord’s violation of any health or safety law, regulation, code, or ordinance, or any law or regulation which has as its objective the regulation of premises used for dwelling purposes” (§ 223-b [5] [a]), or the tenant in good faith commences