NY State Senate Bill 2015-S5997

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

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

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 18, 2015	signed chap.19 delivered to governor returned to senate passed assembly message of necessity - 3 day message ordered to third reading rules cal.700 substituted for a8299 referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate message of necessity - 3 day message ordered to third reading cal.1872 referred to rules

Votes

- Jun 18, 2015 - Floor Vote
  S5997
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 18, 2015
      
      aye (63)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Panepinto
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sampson
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Venditto
      
      Young
  Jun 18, 2015 - Rules Committee Vote
  S5997
  
  25
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 18, 2015
      
      aye (25)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Larkin
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Young

2015-S5997 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8299
Law Section:: Emergency Housing Rent Control Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §17, Chap 576 of 1974; amd §1, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L; amd §2, Chap 329 of 1963; amd §10, Chap 555 of 1982; amd §4, Chap 402 of 1983; amd §46, Chap 116 of 1997; amd §421-a, RPT L

2015-S5997 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to rent control; extends various provisions of law relating to rent regulations until and including June 23, 2015.

2015-S5997 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S5997

TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend chapter 576 of the laws of 1974 amending the emergency
housing rent control law relating to the control of and stabilization
of rent in certain cases, the emergency housing rent control law,
chapter 329 of the laws of 1963 amending the emergency housing rent
control law relating to recontrol of rents in Albany, chapter 555 of
the laws of 1982 amending the general business law and the
administrative code of the city of New York relating to conversion of
residential property to cooperative or condominium ownership in the
city of New York, chapter 402 of the laws of 1983 amending the general
business law relating to conversion of rental residential property to
cooperative or condominium ownership in certain municipalities in the
counties of Nassau, Westchester and Rockland and the rent regulation
reform act of 1997, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof
and to amend the real property tax law, in relation to tax exemption
for new multiple dwellings

Purpose:

This bill would extend various provisions of the laws relating to rent
regulations until and including June 23, 2015.

Summary of Provisions:

Section 1 of the bill would amend the Emergency Tenant Protection
Action ("ETPA") chapter amendments of 1974, which include the Rent
Stabilization and Rent Control Laws, to provide that such provisions
remain in effect until and including June 23, 2015.

Section 2 would amend the Emergency Housing Rent Control Law relating
to the control of and stabilization of rent in certain cases to
provide that such provisions shall remain in effect until and
including June 23, 2015.

Section 3 would amend the Emergency Housing Rent Control Law relating
to re-control of rents in Albany, New York to provide that such
provisions shall remain in effect until and including June 23, 2015.

Section 4 would amend certain provisions of the New York City Co-op
Conversion Law in New York City to provide that such provisions shall
remain in effect until and including June 23, 2015.

Section 5 would amend certain provisions of the Co-op Conversions in
certain municipalities in the counties of Nassau, Westchester, and
Rockland, to provide that such provisions shall remain in effect until
and including June 23, 2015.

Section 6 would amend certain provisions of the Penal Law relating to
harassment of tenants, increasing civil penalties under the Rent
Control and Rent Stabilization Laws, and fees for administration of
the Rent Stabilization Law to provide that such provisions shall
remain in effect until and including June 23, 2015.


Section 7 would amend certain provisions of the real property tax law
enabling the 421-a program and extend those provisions until and
including June 23, 2015.

Section 8 would amend certain provisions of the real property tax law
relating to construction of 421-a eligible properties and would extend
those provisions until and including June 23, 2015.

Section 9 would make this act effective immediately and deemed
effective as of June 15, 2015.

Existing Law:

The various provisions of laws relating to rent regulations and
development of affordable housing expired at the end of June 15, 2015.

Justification:

Passage of this bill will eliminate widespread uncertainty regarding
the continued sustainability of affordable housing for many New
Yorkers.

Legislative History:

This is a new bill.

Budget Implications:

This bill would not have an impact on State finances.

Effective Date:

This bill would take effect immediately and would be deemed effective
as of June 15, 2015.

2015-S5997 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5997

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 18, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of the Governor) -- read
  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
  Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend chapter 576 of the laws of 1974 amending  the  emergency
  housing  rent control law relating to the control of and stabilization
  of rent in certain cases, the  emergency  housing  rent  control  law,
  chapter  329  of  the laws of 1963 amending the emergency housing rent
  control law relating to recontrol of rents in Albany, chapter  555  of
  the laws of 1982 amending the general business law and the administra-
  tive  code  of the city of New York relating to conversion of residen-
  tial property to cooperative or condominium ownership in the  city  of
  New  York,  chapter 402 of the laws of 1983 amending the general busi-
  ness law relating to conversion  of  rental  residential  property  to
  cooperative  or condominium ownership in certain municipalities in the
  counties of Nassau, Westchester and Rockland and the  rent  regulation
  reform act of 1997, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof
  and  to  amend the real property tax law, in relation to tax exemption
  for new multiple dwellings

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

  Section 1.  Section 17 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974 amending the
emergency  housing  rent  control  law  relating  to  the control of and
stabilization of rent in certain cases, as amended  by  section  1-a  of
part B of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  S  17.  Effective  date.    This act shall take effect immediately and
shall  remain  in  full  force  and  effect  until  and  including   the
[fifteenth]  TWENTY-THIRD day of June 2015; except that sections two and
three shall take effect with respect to any city having a population  of
one  million  or  more and section one shall take effect with respect to
any other city, or any town or village whenever  the  local  legislative
body  of  a  city,  town or village determines the existence of a public

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD12028-11-5

S. 5997                             2

emergency pursuant to section three of the emergency  tenant  protection
act  of  nineteen  seventy-four, as enacted by section four of this act,
and provided that the housing accommodations subject  on  the  effective
date  of  this  act  to stabilization pursuant to the New York city rent
stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine shall remain subject to
such law upon the expiration of this act.
  S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 1 of chapter 274 of  the  laws  of  1946
constituting  the  emergency  housing  rent  control  law, as amended by
section 2 of part B of chapter 97 of the laws of  2011,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  2.  The  provisions  of  this  act,  and  all  regulations, orders and
requirements thereunder shall remain in full force and effect until  and
including June [15] 23, 2015.
  S  3.  Section 2 of chapter 329 of the laws of 1963 amending the emer-
gency housing rent control law relating to recontrol of rents in Albany,
as amended by section 3 of part B of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011,  is
amended to read as follows:
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take effect immediately and the provisions of
subdivision 6 of section 12 of the emergency housing rent  control  law,
as  added  by  this act, shall remain in full force and effect until and
including June [15] 23, 2015.
  S 4. Section 10 of chapter 555 of the laws of 1982 amending the gener-
al business law and the administrative code of  the  city  of  New  York
relating  to conversion of residential property to cooperative or condo-
minium ownership in the city of New York, as amended  by  section  4  of
part B of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  S  10.  This  act  shall  take  effect immediately; provided, that the
provisions of sections one, two and nine of this  act  shall  remain  in
full  force  and  effect  only  until  and including June [15] 23, 2015;
provided further that the provisions of section three of this act  shall
remain  in  full  force  and effect only so long as the public emergency
requiring the regulation and control of residential rents and  evictions
continues  as  provided in subdivision 3 of section 1 of the local emer-
gency housing rent control act; provided further that the provisions  of
sections  four,  five, six and seven of this act shall expire in accord-
ance with the provisions of section 26-520 of the administrative code of
the city of New York as such section of the administrative code is, from
time to time, amended; provided further that the provisions  of  section
26-511 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by
this act, which the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and
Development  must  find  are  contained  in  the code of the real estate
industry stabilization association of such city in order to approve  it,
shall  be deemed contained therein as of the effective date of this act;
and provided further that any plan accepted for filing by the department
of law on or before the effective date of this act shall continue to  be
governed  by  the provisions of section 352-eeee of the general business
law as they had existed immediately prior to the effective date of  this
act.
  S 5. Section 4 of chapter 402 of the laws of 1983 amending the general
business  law  relating  to conversion of rental residential property to
cooperative or condominium ownership in certain  municipalities  in  the
counties of Nassau, Westchester and Rockland, as amended by section 5 of
part B of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  S  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately; provided, that the
provisions of sections one and three of this act shall  remain  in  full
force  and  effect  only  until  and  including  June [15] 23, 2015; and

S. 5997                             3

provided further that any plan accepted for filing by the department  of
law  on  or  before  the effective date of this act shall continue to be
governed by the provisions of section 352-eee of  the  general  business
law  as they had existed immediately prior to the effective date of this
act.
  S 6. Subdivision 6 of section 46 of chapter 116 of the  laws  of  1997
constituting  the  rent  regulation  reform  act  of 1997, as amended by
section 6 of part B of chapter 97 of the laws of  2011,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  6.  sections  twenty-eight, twenty-eight-a, twenty-eight-b and twenty-
eight-c of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed after June  [15]
23, 2015;
  S 7. The opening paragraph of clause (A) of subparagraph (iv) of para-
graph  (a)  of  subdivision  2 of section 421-a of the real property tax
law, as amended by section 41 of part B of chapter 97  of  the  laws  of
2011, is amended to read as follows:
  Unless excluded by local law, in the city of New York, the benefits of
this subparagraph shall be available in the borough of Manhattan for new
multiple  dwellings  on tax lots now existing or hereafter created south
of or adjacent to either side of one hundred tenth street that  commence
construction  after  July  first, nineteen hundred ninety-two and before
June [fifteenth] TWENTY-THIRD, two thousand fifteen only if:
  S 8. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision  2  of  section
421-a  of  the real property tax law, as amended by section 42 of part B
of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  (ii) construction is commenced after January first,  nineteen  hundred
seventy-five  and  before  June  [fifteenth]  TWENTY-THIRD, two thousand
fifteen provided, however, that such commencement period shall not apply
to multiple dwellings eligible for benefits under subparagraph  (iv)  of
paragraph (a) of this subdivision;
  S  9.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after June 15, 2015.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Senate Bill S5997

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

Jun 18, 2015 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 18, 2015

Jun 18, 2015 - Rules Committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 18, 2015

2015-S5997 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S5997 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S5997 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5997 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments

Senate Bill S5997

Share this bill

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

2015-S5997 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S5997 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S5997 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5997 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments