Senate Bill S1037

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Removes provisions prohibiting N.Y. city from strengthening rent regulation laws to provide more comprehensive coverage than state laws

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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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2021-S1037 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3678
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Local Emergency Housing Rent Control Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §1, Chap 21 of 1962
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S749, A1688
2011-2012: S443, A2993
2013-2014: S1492, A8393
2015-2016: S2831, A1759
2017-2018: S3179, A5557
2019-2020: S1926, A4122
2023-2024: S2467, A4764

2021-S1037 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes provisions that prohibit cities of one million or more from strengthening rent regulation laws to provide more comprehensive coverage than state laws.

2021-S1037 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1037 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1037
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  KRUEGER,  ADDABBO, BAILEY, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, LIU,
   PARKER, SERRANO -- 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  local  emergency  housing  rent control act, in
   relation to rent regulation laws

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of section 1 of chapter 21 of the laws of
 1962, constituting the local emergency  housing  rent  control  act,  as
 amended  by  chapter 82 of the laws of 2003 and the closing paragraph as
 amended by chapter 422 of the laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   5.  Authority  for  local rent control legislation. Each city having a
 population of one million or more, acting through its local  legislative
 body,  may  adopt  and  amend local laws or ordinances in respect of the
 establishment or designation of a city  housing  rent  agency.  When  it
 deems such action to be desirable or necessitated by local conditions in
 order  to  carry  out the purposes of this section, such city, except as
 hereinafter provided, acting through its local legislative body and  not
 otherwise,  may  adopt  and amend local laws or ordinances in respect of
 the regulation and control  of  residential  rents,  including  but  not
 limited  to  provision  for  the establishment and adjustment of maximum
 rents, the classification of housing accommodations, the  regulation  of
 evictions,  and  the  enforcement  of such local laws or ordinances. The
 validity of any such local laws or ordinances, and the  rules  or  regu-
 lations  promulgated  in  accordance therewith, shall not be affected by
 and need not be consistent with the state emergency housing rent control
 law or with rules and regulations of the state division of  housing  and
 community renewal.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01472-01-1
              

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