Senate Bill S3171

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Reduces the amount of maximum rent increase collectible in one year

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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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2013-S3171 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §26-405, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6138
2011-2012: S903
2015-2016: S2853
2017-2018: S3715

2013-S3171 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Reduces the amount of maximum rent increase collectible in one year.

2013-S3171 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3171 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3171

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 31, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- 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, in
  relation to reducing the amount of maximum rent  increase  collectible
  in one year

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

  Section 1. Paragraph 5 of subdivision  a  of  section  26-405  of  the
administrative  code  of  the  city  of  New  York is amended to read as
follows:
  (5) Where a maximum rent established pursuant to this  chapter  on  or
after  January  first,  nineteen hundred seventy-two, is higher than the
previously existing maximum rent, the landlord may not collect more than
[seven and one-half percentum] THREE PERCENT increase from a  tenant  in
occupancy  on  such  date in any one year period, provided however, that
where the period for which the rent is  established  exceeds  one  year,
regardless  of  how the collection thereof is averaged over such period,
the rent the landlord shall be entitled  to  receive  during  the  first
twelve  months  shall  not be increased by more than [seven and one-half
percentum] THREE PERCENT over the previous rent  and  additional  annual
rents  shall  not exceed [seven and one-half percentum] THREE PERCENT of
the rent paid during the previous year. Notwithstanding any of the fore-
going  limitations  in  this  paragraph  five,  maximum  rent  shall  be
increased  if  ordered by the agency pursuant to subparagraphs (d), (e),
(f), (g), (h), (i), (k), (l), (m) or (n) of paragraph one of subdivision
g of this section. Commencing January first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty,
rent adjustments pursuant to subparagraph (n) of paragraph one of subdi-
vision  g  of  this section shall be excluded from the maximum rent when
computing the [seven and  one-half  percentum]  THREE  PERCENT  increase
authorized  by  this  paragraph  five.  Where a housing accommodation is

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00871-01-3

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