[CPEO-BIF] NY governor vetoes renter notification bill

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pataki rejects alerts for TCE
Bill designed to help renters

By Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
August 18, 2006

A bill that would require landlords to notify tenants of pollution 
problems that affect rental properties is overly broad and ineffective, 
Gov. George E. Pataki stated in a veto message, sending the Southern 
Tier bill authors back to the drawing board.

Assemblywoman Donna A. Lupardo, D-Endwell, and Sen. Thomas W. Libous, 
R-Binghamton, said Thursday they were disappointed with the veto but 
remained confident the legislation would eventually become law.

...

Pataki stated a requirement for landlords to notify tenants of past 
environmental issues, even if they had been addressed years or decades 
before, was "overly broad." Further, he said, providing data about 
pollution to tenants "is of questionable value in the absence of 
information to explain the implications."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060818/NEWS01/608180325/1001

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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