Assembly Bill A3809A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits an owner from adjusting the amount of preferential rent upon the renewal of a lease

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A3809 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2828
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974
Laws Affected:
Amd §10, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §26-511, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A465, S2251
2011-2012: A1364, S448
2013-2014: A5473, S1775
2017-2018: A741, A6285, S3712, S6527
2019-2020: A1509, A4349, S2845
2021-2022: A5770

2015-A3809 - Summary

Prohibits an owner from adjusting the amount of preferential rent, rent charged and paid by the tenant which is less than the legal regulated rent for the housing accommodation, upon the renewal of a lease; only allows the owner to make such adjustments upon a vacancy which is not the result of the failure of the owner to maintain a habitable residence.

2015-A3809 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3809

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. WRIGHT, ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Housing

AN ACT to amend the emergency tenant protection act of  nineteen  seven-
  ty-four  and  the  administrative  code  of  the  city of New York, in
  relation to the regulation of rents

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision (a-2) of section 10 of section 4 of chapter 576
of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of
nineteen  seventy-four, as amended by section 13 of part B of chapter 97
of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  (a-2) Provides that where the amount of rent charged to  and  paid  by
the  tenant is less than the legal regulated rent for the housing accom-
modation, the amount of rent for such housing accommodation which may be
charged [upon renewal or] upon vacancy thereof may, at the option of the
owner, be based upon such previously established legal  regulated  rent,
as adjusted by [the most recent] ALL applicable guidelines increases and
other  increases authorized by law; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH VACANCY
SHALL NOT BE CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE  OWNER  OR  AN  AGENT  OF  THE
OWNER,  TO  MAINTAIN  THE  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  TWO
HUNDRED  THIRTY-FIVE-B  OF  THE REAL PROPERTY LAW.  Where, subsequent to
vacancy, such legal regulated rent,  as  adjusted  by  the  most  recent
applicable  guidelines  increases  and any other increases authorized by
law is two thousand dollars or more per month or, for any housing accom-
modation which is or becomes vacant on or after the  effective  date  of
the  rent  act of 2011, is two thousand five hundred dollars or more per
month, such housing accommodation shall be excluded from the  provisions
of  this  act pursuant to paragraph thirteen of subdivision a of section
five of this act.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04320-01-5

              

co-Sponsors

2015-A3809A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2828
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974
Laws Affected:
Amd §10, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §26-511, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A465, S2251
2011-2012: A1364, S448
2013-2014: A5473, S1775
2017-2018: A741, A6285, S3712, S6527
2019-2020: A1509, A4349, S2845
2021-2022: A5770

2015-A3809A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits an owner from adjusting the amount of preferential rent, rent charged and paid by the tenant which is less than the legal regulated rent for the housing accommodation, upon the renewal of a lease; only allows the owner to make such adjustments upon a vacancy which is not the result of the failure of the owner to maintain a habitable residence.

2015-A3809A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 3809--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. WRIGHT, ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED, MOSLEY, BICHOTTE,
  PICHARDO, JOYNER, LINARES -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
  on  Housing  --  recommitted to the Committee on Housing in accordance
  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven-
  ty-four and the administrative code  of  the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation to the regulation of rents

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision (a-2) of section 10 of section 4 of chapter 576
of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of
nineteen seventy-four, as amended by section 11 of part A of chapter  20
of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  (a-2)  Provides  that  where the amount of rent charged to and paid by
the tenant is less than the legal regulated rent for the housing  accom-
modation, the amount of rent for such housing accommodation which may be
charged  [upon  renewal  or] upon vacancy thereof, may, at the option of
the owner, be based upon such  previously  established  legal  regulated
rent, as adjusted by the most recent applicable guidelines increases and
other  increases authorized by law; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH VACANCY
SHALL NOT BE CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE  OWNER  OR  AN  AGENT  OF  THE
OWNER,  TO  MAINTAIN  THE  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  TWO
HUNDRED  THIRTY-FIVE-B  OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW.  Such housing accommo-
dation shall be excluded from the provisions of  this  act  pursuant  to
paragraph  thirteen  of  subdivision  a of section five of this act when
subsequent to vacancy: (i) such legal regulated  rent  is  two  thousand
five  hundred  dollars per month, or more, for any housing accommodation
that is, or becomes, vacant after the effective date of the rent act  of
2011  but  prior  to  the effective date of the rent act of 2015 or (ii)

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04320-04-6
              

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