Senate Bill S4539

2019-2020 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 improvements

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee


  • 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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2019-S4539 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
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:
2011-2012: S7760
2013-2014: S2830
2015-2016: S3889
2017-2018: S3612
2021-2022: S4948
2023-2024: S6043

2019-S4539 (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.

2019-S4539 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4539 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4539
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, SEPULVEDA -- 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,  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.
   § 2. Paragraph 6 of subdivision c of section 26-511 of the administra-
 tive code of the city of New York, as amended by section 29 of part A of
 chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, 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-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2019-S4539A - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
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:
2011-2012: S7760
2013-2014: S2830
2015-2016: S3889
2017-2018: S3612
2021-2022: S4948
2023-2024: S6043

2019-S4539A - Bill Text download pdf

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