Senate Bill S5708

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Tolls the four year statute of limitations look back period on rent overcharges where the owner of a housing accommodation acts in a wrongful or fraudulent manner

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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-S5708 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §§26-512 & 26-516, NYC Ad Cd; amd §§6 & 12, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §213-a, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8770
2019-2020: S2818
2023-2024: S2666

2021-S5708 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Tolls the four year statute of limitations look back period on rent overcharges where the owner of a housing accommodation acts in a wrongful or fraudulent manner.

2021-S5708 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5708 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5708
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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
   civil practice law and rules, in relation to rent overcharges
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision a of section 26-516 of
 the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by  adding  a
 new clause (iii) to read as follows:
   (III)  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
 FOR ANY YEAR IN WHICH AN OWNER OR A LANDLORD WHO IS REQUIRED TO FILE  AN
 ANNUAL RENT REGISTRATION STATEMENT, HAS FAILED TO TIMELY FILE SUCH ANNU-
 AL  RENT  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT,  THE DIVISION OR A COURT OF COMPETENT
 JURISDICTION SHALL CONSIDER SUCH YEAR  OR  YEARS  WHEN  DETERMINING  THE
 CURRENT LEGAL REGULATED RENT.
   § 2. Section 26-512 of the administrative code of the city of New York
 is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:
   F. UPON THE OFFERING OF A LEASE TO A PROSPECTIVE TENANT, AN OWNER OR A
 LANDLORD SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SUCH TENANT WITH THE DOCUMENTATION
 USED BY SUCH OWNER OR LANDLORD TO SUPPORT ANY ALLOWABLE INCREASES IN THE
 LEGAL REGULATED RENT DURING THE PREVIOUS FOUR YEARS.
   §  3. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 12 of section 4 of chap-
 ter 576 of the laws of 1974 constituting the emergency tenant protection
 act of nineteen seventy-four is amended by adding a new clause (iii)  to
 read as follows:
   (III)  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
 FOR ANY YEAR IN WHICH AN OWNER OR A LANDLORD WHO IS REQUIRED TO FILE  AN
 ANNUAL RENT REGISTRATION STATEMENT, HAS FAILED TO TIMELY FILE SUCH ANNU-
 AL  RENT  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT,  THE DIVISION OR A COURT OF COMPETENT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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