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Senate Bill S3090
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2015-S3090 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3974
- Current Committee:
- Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
- Law Section:
- New York City Administrative Code
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §26-403, add §26-504.4, NYC Ad Cd; add §15, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S1442, A1294
2011-2012: S1305, A3021
2013-2014: S503, A3120
2017-2018: S2144, A5792
2015-S3090 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3090 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to the definition of a tenant PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill provides that a child (regardless of age) who has lived with a tenant parent for two years or more in a rent-regulated apartment shall be deemed a tenant. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This bill will amend Subdivision m of section 26-403 of the administrative code of the city of New York by redefining the term "tenant." It will also add a new section 26-504-4 to the administrative code of the city of New York. This bill will also amend Section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of 1974, by adding a new section 15. JUSTIFICATION: This bill would ensure that spouses or children who have lived with the primary leaseholder in a rent stabilized or rent controlled apartment are automatically placed on the lease after 2 years, Current law grants succession rights to spouses and children who reside with the leaseholder in rent regulated apartments. However, building owners often challenge succession rights of spouses or children in housing court and are often successful in denying a legitimate right to an apartment in which they have resided for
2015-S3090 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3090 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 2, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to the definition of a tenant THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision m of section 26-403 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows: m. "Tenant." A tenant, subtenant, lessee, sublessee, or other person entitled to the possession or to the use or occupancy of any housing accommodation. THE TERM TENANT SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE A CHILD (REGARDLESS OF AGE) WHO HAS RESIDED WITH HIS OR HER PARENT FOR TWO YEARS OR MORE IN A HOUSING ACCOMMODATION SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER AND OF WHICH SUCH PARENT IS A TENANT. S 2. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 26-504.4 to read as follows: S 26-504.4 TENANT; DEFINITION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER, THE TERM TENANT SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE A CHILD (REGARDLESS OF AGE) WHO HAS RESIDED WITH HIS OR HER PARENT FOR TWO YEARS OR MORE IN A HOUSING ACCOMMODATION SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER AND OF WHICH SUCH PARENT IS A TENANT. S 3. Section 14 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy- four, is renumbered section 15 and a new section 14 to read as follows: S 14. TENANT; DEFINITION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT, THE TERM TENANT SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE A CHILD (REGARDLESS OF AGE) WHO HAS RESIDED WITH HIS OR HER PARENT FOR TWO YEARS OR MORE IN A HOUSING ACCOM- MODATION SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT AND OF WHICH SUCH PARENT IS A TENANT. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05291-01-5
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