Assembly Bill A2124A

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires notification to certain tenants of the senior citizen rent increase exemption program and the disability rent increase exemption program on monthly rent bills

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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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2015-A2124 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5856
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b, RPT L

2015-A2124 - Summary

Requires notification to certain tenants of the senior citizen rent increase exemption program and the disability rent increase exemption program on monthly rent bills; requires DHCR to develop and distribute information on SCRIE and DRIE for landlords and tenants.

2015-A2124 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2124

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Aging

AN ACT to amend the real property tax  law,  in  relation  to  notifying
  certain  tenants of the senior citizen rent increase exemption program
  and the disability rent increase exemption program; and to  amend  the
  public  housing  law, in relation to requiring the division of housing
  and community renewal to develop and  distribute  information  on  the
  senior citizen rent increase exemption program and the disability rent
  increase exemption program

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

  Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 3 of section 467-b of  the  real
property  tax  law  is amended by adding a new subparagraph 3 to read as
follows:
  (3) LANDLORDS OF TENANCIES SUBJECT  TO  PROVISIONS  OF  THE  EMERGENCY
HOUSING  RENT  CONTROL ACT, THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF NINE-
TEEN SEVENTY-FOUR OR ANY LOCAL LAWS ENACTED PURSUANT THERETO, THE  EMER-
GENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW OR THE RENT STABILIZATION LAW OF NINETEEN
HUNDRED  SIXTY-NINE  SHALL,  ON  THE  MONTHLY RENT BILL DELIVERED TO THE
OCCUPANT OF SUCH TENANCIES, PROVIDE INFORMATION  DESCRIBING  ELIGIBILITY
AND  THE  BENEFITS OF THE SENIOR CITIZEN RENT INCREASE EXEMPTION PROGRAM
AND THE DISABILITY RENT INCREASE EXEMPTION PROGRAM AS  PROVIDED  BY  THE
DIVISION  OF  HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (Q) OF
SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FOURTEEN OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 14 of the public housing law is  amended
by adding a new paragraph (q) to read as follows:
  (Q)  DEVELOP, PUBLISH AND DISTRIBUTE LANGUAGE TO LANDLORDS AND TENANTS
DESCRIBING ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFITS OF THE SENIOR CITIZEN RENT  INCREASE
EXEMPTION  PROGRAM  AND  THE DISABILITY RENT INCREASE EXEMPTION PROGRAM,
AND THE WEB ADDRESS AND OTHER  CONTACT  INFORMATION  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT
ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04176-01-5

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2015-A2124A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5856
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b, RPT L

2015-A2124A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires notification to certain tenants of the senior citizen rent increase exemption program and the disability rent increase exemption program on monthly rent bills; requires DHCR to develop and distribute information on SCRIE and DRIE for landlords and tenants.

2015-A2124A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 2124--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Aging --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real property tax law, in relation to notifying
  certain tenants of the senior citizen rent increase exemption  program
  and the disability rent increase exemption program

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 467-b of the real property tax law
is amended by adding a new paragraph i to read as follows:
  I. (1) THE ENTITY ADMINISTERING THE  PROGRAM  SHALL  DEVELOP  INFORMA-
TIONAL  MATERIAL  DESCRIBING  ELIGIBILITY FOR AND BENEFITS OF THE SENIOR
CITIZEN RENT INCREASE EXEMPTION PROGRAM AND THE DISABILITY RENT INCREASE
EXEMPTION PROGRAM ADMINISTERED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, AND, HOW  ADDI-
TIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED REGARDING THESE PROGRAMS. SUCH INFOR-
MATIONAL  MATERIAL  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED TO LANDLORDS OF HOUSING ACCOMMO-
DATIONS SUBJECT TO  PROVISIONS  OF  THE  LOCAL  EMERGENCY  HOUSING  RENT
CONTROL   ACT,   THE   EMERGENCY   TENANT  PROTECTION  ACT  OF  NINETEEN
SEVENTY-FOUR OR ANY LOCAL LAWS ENACTED PURSUANT THERETO,  THE  EMERGENCY
HOUSING  RENT  CONTROL  LAW,  AND THE RENT STABILIZATION LAW OF NINETEEN
HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE.
  (2) A LANDLORD OF ANY HOUSING ACCOMMODATION SUBJECT TO  PROVISIONS  OF
THE  LOCAL  EMERGENCY  HOUSING  RENT  CONTROL  ACT, THE EMERGENCY TENANT
PROTECTION ACT OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR OR ANY LOCAL LAWS ENACTED PURSU-
ANT THERETO, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW OR THE RENT STABILI-
ZATION LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE SHALL, AT LEAST ONCE ANNUALLY,
INCLUDING WITH A NEW LEASE AND ALL RENEWAL LEASES DELIVERED TO THE OCCU-
PANT OF SUCH ACCOMMODATION, PROVIDE THE INFORMATIONAL MATERIAL  DESCRIB-
ING ELIGIBILITY FOR AND THE BENEFITS OF THE SENIOR CITIZEN RENT INCREASE
EXEMPTION PROGRAM AND THE DISABILITY RENT INCREASE EXEMPTION PROGRAM, AS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04176-04-5

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