Assembly Bill A6018

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits regulations from permitting an owner to refuse to renew a lease on grounds that the housing is sought for personal use or occupancy; repealer

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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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2009-A6018 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974
Laws Affected:
Rpld §26-408 sub b ¶1, §26-511 sub c ¶9 sub¶(b), NYC Ad Cd; rpld §5 sub 2 ¶(a), Emerg Hous Rent Contr L; amd §10, Emerg Ten Prot Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A3638
2013-2014: A5358
2015-2016: A3843
2017-2018: A3133
2019-2020: A1521
2021-2022: A116
2023-2024: A7143

2009-A6018 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits certain regulations of the state division of housing and community renewal, for cities having a population of less than one million and towns and villages, from permitting an owner to refuse to renew a lease on grounds that the housing accommodation is sought for personal use or occupancy (i.e., use or occupancy by the owner or the owner's immediate family); repeals provisions of the administrative code of the city of New York and of the Emergency Housing Rent Control Law which permit evictions for personal use and occupancy.

2009-A6018 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  6018

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 24, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GOTTFRIED, GLICK, DINOWITZ, COLTON, WRIGHT --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. V. LOPEZ -- read once and referred  to
  the Committee on Housing

AN  ACT  to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven-
  ty-four, in relation to protecting the home of a tenant  sought  by  a
  landlord  for  personal  use;  and repealing certain provisions of the
  administrative code of the city of New York and the emergency  housing
  rent control law relating to evictions for personal use

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

  Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision  b  of  section  26-408  of  the
administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED.
  S  2.  Subparagraph  (b)  of  paragraph  9 of subdivision c of section
26-511 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED.
  S 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 5 of chapter 274 of the
laws of 1946, constituting the emergency housing rent  control  law,  is
REPEALED.
  S  4.  Subdivision  a of section 10 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the
laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of  nine-
teen  seventy-four,  as  amended  by chapter 234 of the laws of 1984, is
amended to read as follows:
  a. For cities having a population of less than one million  and  towns
and  villages, the state division of housing and community renewal shall
be empowered to implement this  act  by  appropriate  regulations.  Such
regulations  may encompass such speculative or manipulative practices or
renting or leasing practices as the state division of housing and commu-
nity renewal determines constitute or are likely to cause  circumvention
of this act.  Such regulations shall prohibit practices which are likely
to prevent any person from asserting any right or remedy granted by this
act,  including  but  not limited to retaliatory termination of periodic
tenancies and shall require owners to grant a new one or two year vacan-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00791-01-9
              

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