Assemblyman Andrew Molitor, R-Westfield, has introduced legislation that would stop requiring landlords to file good cause eviction notices for rental units that aren’t subject to good cause eviction law in the first place.

Under current state law, every landlord in New York must fill out a form before pursuing an eviction proceeding, even though the issue of good cause eviction policy only applies in a small number of municipalities that have opted into the law. Therefore, many landlords are filing forms for a law that does not pertain to them.

In Chautauqua County, no municipalities have opted into the good cause eviction law, rendering this form obsolete across the district.

“This is exactly the kind of government overreach that makes life harder for property owners without helping a single tenant,” said Molitor. “If good cause eviction doesn’t apply to your building, you shouldn’t be forced to file forms that don’t apply to you.”

This proposal would relieve an administrative burden, as well as cut down on unnecessary litigation that has arisen when landlords submit incomplete or incorrectly filed forms that should never have been required to be filed in the first place.

“This is just common sense,” Molitor continued. “This is classic Albany, making life more difficult for landlords.”