Assembly Bill A1937

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits the adjustment of maximum allowable rent where any modification, increase or improvement is made to accommodate the needs of a disabled tenant

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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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2017-A1937 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
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:
2015-2016: A9814
2019-2020: A917, A5629
2021-2022: A2540, A5882
2023-2024: A464, A8920

2017-A1937 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the adjustment of maximum allowable rent where any modification, increase or improvement is made to accommodate the needs of a disabled tenant; defines disabled tenant.

2017-A1937 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1937
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 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 prohibiting the adjust-
   ment of maximum allowable rent where  any  modification,  increase  or
   improvement is made to accommodate the needs of a disabled tenant
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (e) of paragraph 1 of subdivision g of section
 26-405 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by
 section 15 of part B of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (e)  The  landlord  and  tenant  by mutual voluntary written agreement
 agree to a substantial increase or  decrease  in  dwelling  space  or  a
 change  in the services, furniture, furnishings or equipment provided in
 the housing accommodations. An adjustment under this subparagraph  shall
 be  equal to one-fortieth, in the case of a building with thirty-five or
 fewer housing accommodations, or one-sixtieth, in the case of a building
 with more than thirty-five housing accommodations where such  adjustment
 takes  effect  on or after September twenty-fourth, two thousand eleven,
 of the total cost incurred by the landlord in providing  such  modifica-
 tion  or increase in dwelling space, services, furniture, furnishings or
 equipment, including the cost of  installation,  but  excluding  finance
 charges,  provided  further  that  an  owner  who  is entitled to a rent
 increase pursuant to this  subparagraph  shall  not  be  entitled  to  a
 further  rent increase based upon the installation of similar equipment,
 or new furniture or furnishings within  the  useful  life  of  such  new
 equipment, or new furniture or furnishings. The owner shall give written
 notice  to  the city rent agency of any such adjustment pursuant to this
 subparagraph; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, AN OWNER SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED  TO  ANY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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