Senate Bill S7760

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires the state division of housing and community renewal to verify there are no violations on the property prior to authorizing a rent increase for major capital

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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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2011-S7760 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10170
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §§26-405 & 26-511, NYC Ad Cd; amd §6, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §4, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S2830, A247
2015-2016: S3889
2017-2018: S3612
2019-2020: S4539
2021-2022: S4948
2023-2024: S6043

2011-S7760 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state division of housing and community renewal to verify there are no class B or C housing code violations or no more than 30 class A housing code violations on the property prior to authorizing a rent increase for major capital improvements for such property; provides that outstanding violations shall be corrected by the landlord and verified by the city rent agency prior to authorization of a rent increase.

2011-S7760 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7760 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7760

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 18, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city  of  New  York,  the
  emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emer-
  gency  housing  rent  control  law, in relation to requiring the state
  division of housing and community renewal to verify there are no hous-
  ing code violations prior to authorizing a  rent  increase  for  major
  capital improvements

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

  Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision  g  of  section  26-405  of  the
administrative  code  of the city of New York is amended by adding a new
subparagraph (p) to read as follows:
  (P) ADJUSTMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (G)  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH
SHALL  BE  COLLECTIBLE  UPON  THE LANDLORD'S FILING OF A REPORT WITH THE
CITY RENT AGENCY, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (E) OF PARA-
GRAPH TWO OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION AND VERIFICATION BY THE  CITY
RENT  AGENCY,  IN  COLLABORATION  WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR
INSPECTING BUILDINGS, THAT THE APPLICANT DOES NOT HAVE MORE THAN  THIRTY
CLASS A HOUSING CODE VIOLATIONS OR A CLASS B OR C HOUSING CODE VIOLATION
ON  THE  PROPERTY.  OUTSTANDING  HOUSING  CODE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE FOUND
SHALL BE CLEARED, CORRECTED OR ABATED BY THE LANDLORD  AND  VERIFIED  BY
THE  CITY  RENT  AGENCY  PRIOR TO AUTHORIZATION OF A RENT INCREASE UNDER
SUBPARAGRAPH (G) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
  S 2. Paragraph 6 of subdivision c of section 26-511 of the administra-
tive code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 116 of the laws
of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  (6) provides criteria whereby the commissioner may act  upon  applica-
tions  by  owners  for  increases  in  excess  of the level of fair rent
increase established under this law provided, however, that such  crite-
ria  shall  provide  (a) as to hardship applications, for a finding that
the level of fair rent increase is not sufficient to enable the owner to
maintain approximately the same average annual net income  (which  shall
be  computed  without regard to debt service, financing costs or manage-

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

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