Senate Bill S3454

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to civil penalties that may be imposed for violations of the rent stabilization law of 1969 and the emergency tenant protection act of 1974

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2009-S3454 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Amd §§25-516, 26-413, 26-511, 26-504.2, NYC Ad Cd; amd §§12, 6 & 5, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974

2009-S3454 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to civil penalties that may be imposed for violations of the rent stabilization law of 1969 and the emergency tenant protection act of 1974 and amends provisions of law relating to statute of limitations for notices of deregulation.

2009-S3454 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3454

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the administrative code of the city
of New York and the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen
seventy-four, in relation to the civil penalties that may be imposed
for violations of such laws; notices of deregulation under the rent
regulatory laws and the statute of limitations based on such notices

 PURPOSE OF THE BILL :  This bill amends the Emergency Tenant
Protection Act of 1974 (ETPA), the New York City Rent Control Law
(RCL) and the Rent Stabilization Law (RSL) in order to increase the
penalties for a violation of an order of the Commissioner of the
Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) and the penalties for
tenant harassment by owners; to strengthen the notice. requirements
for deregulation under these laws and for rent increases based on
individual apartment improvements; and to extend the statute of
limitations if a landlord does not comply with such notice
requirements.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :  Sections 1, 2 and 3 of the bill amend ETPA
§§ 12a(3)(i) and (ii). RCL § 26413b and RSL § 26-516c(1) and (2) by
increasing the penalties For a violation of an order of DHCR to $1,000
for the first offense and $2,000 for each subsequent offense, and to
increase the penalties for tenant harassment by owners to $2,000 for
the first offense and up to $10,000 for each subsequent offense, or
for harassment directed at the tenants of more than one apartment.

Sections 4 and 5 of the bill amend RSL § 26-51 1(c)(1 3) and EPTA §
6(d)(1), which allow an owner to obtain increases in apartment rents
based on individual apartment improvements (IAIs). These sections
require that as a condition of obtaining such increase, the owner must
give the tenant written notice of the calculation of such increase on
a form prescribed by DHCR and file such form with MICR.  This
amendment will conform and make similar the provisions of the RSL to
those of the RCL, which already requires a filing of a written notice
with DHCR disclosing the IAIs performed.  Section 6 of the bill
provides that failure to file notice of high-rent deregulation as
required under the administrative code of New York City tolls the
limitations period for challenging such deregulation and for
concomitant examination of the rental history and determination of any
rent overcharge if that deregulation is vacated.

Section 7 of the bill grants the same relief as set forth in section 6
as such relief applies to the emergency tenant protection act of 1974.

Section 8 of the bill provides that it shall take effect immediately
except: (a) sections 1, 2, and 3 shall take effect on the thirtieth
day next succeeding the date on which this bill shall become a law and
shall apply to acts or offenses committed on or after such date; (b)
sections 4 and 5 shall apply with respect to any modification or
increase of dwelling space or increase in services or installation of
new equipment or improvements or new furnishings or furniture in a
housing accommodation on or after the date this bill becomes law; and
(c) sections 6 and 7 shall apply to housing accommodations which
become vacant on or after the date this bill becomes law.

 EXISTING LAW :  RSL § 26-516 and EPTA § 12a(3)(i) and (ii) provide
for a civil penalty of $250 for the first violation of a division
order and $1,000 for each subsequent violation of such order, and a
civil penalty of not less than $1,000 for the first offense of
harassment and $5,000 for each subsequent offense of harassment or for
harassment directed at the tenants of more than one apartment.

RCL § 26-413 provides for a civil penalty of $100 for the first
violation of a division order and $500 for each subsequent violation
of such order, and a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 for the
first offense of harassment and $5,000 for each subsequent offense of
harassment or for harassment directed at the tenants of more than one
apartment.

RSL § 26-516, ETPA § 12, and CPLR § 213-a currently provide, without
exception, for a four-year statute of limitations for challenging a
legal rent. In addition, RSL § 26-516 and ETPA section 12 only require
an owner to maintain rent records for four years.

There is no current statutory requirement for a separate and specific
IAI notice to tenants in either the RSL or ETPA. Notice to tenants of
IAIs is currently provided only in a rider to the lease and in annual
apartment registrations.

RSL § 26-504b currently requires an owner to give notice to both the
tenant and DHCR of any claim of "high rent vacancy deregulation."
However, the RSL does not contain any sanction for the failure of the
owner to comply with this important notice requirement. The ETPA
currently does not contain any notice requirements for high rent
deregulation.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :  A bill proposing an increase in civil
penalties for a violation of a division order and for harassment was
introduced in 2008, but did not become law. The other provisions of
this bill are new.

 STATEMENT IN SUPPORT :  The civil penalty provisions of the rent laws
are intended to function both as a deterrent against violations of the
rent laws, including the harassment of tenants, and as an appropriate
sanction for the violations that do occur. The penalty for violation
of a DHCR order ($250) has remained the same since 1984, a period of
24 years. The penalties for harassment ($1,000 for the first offense
and $5,000 for each subsequent offense) have not been updated since
1997, a period of more than 10 years. Increased penalties are needed
so that they will continue to be an effective deterrent and a
meaningful sanction for violations of the rent laws.

The current provisions of the RSL and ETPA do not provide adequate
notice to the tenant of the nature and scope of the IAIs that were
performed in the housing accommodation before the tenant moved in.
With the increased notice provisions provided for by the bill, the
tenant will be fully apprized as to the scope and cost of the alleged
IAI so that he or she can perform a reasonable inquiry to determine if
the increases are appropriate.

In regard to apartments leaving rent regulation, the rent laws provide
for the deregulation of apartments that become vacant with a lawful
rent of at least $2,000 per month. Since the right of a tenant to
challenge a rent extends only for four years, a claim of "high rent
vacancy deregulation," which is predicated on the lawful rent for an
apartment reaching the $2,000 per month level, becomes unchallengeable
after four years. Therefore, an affected tenant must be given notice
not only of his or her right to challenge the claim of deregulation,
but also of the information necessary to understand the owner's claim
and to file a meaningful challenge, if deemed warranted. Where the
owner fails to provide the required notices for high-rent exemption,
the most effective method for ensuring that tenants are given a
meaningful opportunity to challenge claims of deregulation and
concomitant rent overcharges is to provide that the period to examine
the rental history of an accommodation otherwise provided by the rent
stabilization law not commence until such notices are provided.

 BUDGET IMPLICATIONS :  None. DHCR will address any responsibilities
placed upon it by the bill within existing resources.


 EFFECTIVE DATE :  This bill would take effect immediately, except (a)
sections 1, 2, and 3 would take effect on the thirtieth day next
succeeding the date on which this act shall become a law and shall
apply to acts or offenses committed on or after such date; (b)
sections 4 and 5 would apply with respect to any modification or
increase of dwelling space or increase in services or installation of
new equipment or improvements or new furnishings or furniture in a
housing accommodation on or after the date this act becomes law; and
(c) section 6 and 7 would apply to housing accommodations which become
vacant on or after the date this bill would become law.

2009-S3454 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3454

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 19, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ESPADA -- (at request of the Division of Housing &
  Community Renewal) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
  to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Communi-
  ty Development

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and  the
  emergency  tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation
  to the civil penalties that may be  imposed  for  violations  of  such
  laws;  notices  of deregulation under the rent regulatory laws and the
  statute of limitations based on such notices

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

  Section  1.  Paragraphs  1 and 2 of subdivision c of section 26-516 of
the administrative code of the city of New York, paragraph 2 as  amended
by chapter 116 of the laws of 1997, are amended to read as follows:
  (1)  to  have  violated  an order of the division the commissioner may
impose by administrative order after hearing, a  civil  penalty  in  the
amount  of  [two  hundred fifty] ONE THOUSAND dollars for the first such
offense and [one] TWO thousand dollars for each subsequent offense; or
  (2) to have harassed a tenant to obtain vacancy of his or her  housing
accommodation, the commissioner may impose by administrative order after
hearing,  a  civil penalty for any such violation. Such penalty shall be
in the amount of [not less than one] TWO thousand dollars [nor more than
five] FOR A FIRST SUCH OFFENSE AND UP TO TEN thousand dollars  for  each
[such]  SUBSEQUENT  offense  or  for  a  violation consisting of conduct
directed at the tenants of more than one housing accommodation.
  S 2. Subparagraph (a) of paragraph  2  of  subdivision  b  of  section
26-413 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by
chapter 116 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  (a)  Impose by administrative order after hearing, a civil penalty for
any violation of said section and bring an action to recover same in any
court of competent jurisdiction. Such penalty in the case of a violation

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09060-04-9

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of subdivision d of such section shall be in the  amount  of  [not  less
than  one]  TWO thousand dollars [nor more than five] FOR THE FIRST SUCH
OFFENSE AND TEN thousand dollars for each SUBSEQUENT offense  or  for  a
violation consisting of conduct directed at the tenants of more than one
housing  accommodation;  and  in the case of any other violation of such
section in the amount of [one hundred]  ONE  THOUSAND  dollars  for  the
first  such  offense  and  [five  hundred] TWO THOUSAND dollars for each
subsequent offense.  Such order by the city rent agency shall be  deemed
a final determination for the purposes of judicial review as provided in
section  26-411  of this chapter. Such action shall be brought on behalf
of the city and any amount recovered shall be paid into the city  treas-
ury.  Such  right  of action may be released, compromised or adjusted by
the city rent agency at any [item] TIME subsequent to  the  issuance  of
such administrative order.
  S  3.  Clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section
12 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974,  constituting    the
emergency  tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, clause (i) as
amended by chapter 403 of the laws of 1983 and clause (ii) as amended by
chapter 116 of the laws of 1997, are amended to read as follows:
  (i) to have violated an order of the  division  the  commissioner  may
impose  by  administrative  order  after hearing, a civil penalty in the
amount of [two hundred fifty] ONE THOUSAND dollars for  the  first  such
offense and [one] TWO thousand dollars for each subsequent offense; or
  (ii) to have harassed a tenant to obtain vacancy of his OR HER housing
accommodation, the commissioner may impose by administrative order after
hearing,  a  civil penalty for any such violation. Such penalty shall be
in the amount of [not less than one] TWO thousand dollars [nor more than
five] FOR THE FIRST SUCH OFFENSE  AND  TEN  thousand  dollars  for  each
offense or for a violation consisting of conduct directed at the tenants
of more than one housing accommodation.
  S  4.  Paragraph 13 of subdivision c of section 26-511 of the adminis-
trative code of the city of New York, as added by  chapter  253  of  the
laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
  (13) provides that an owner is entitled to a rent increase where there
has  been a substantial modification or increase of dwelling space or an
increase in the services, or installation of new equipment  or  improve-
ments or new furniture or furnishings provided in or to a tenant's hous-
ing  accommodation,  on  written tenant consent to the rent increase. In
the case of a vacant housing accommodation, tenant consent shall not  be
required.  The  permanent  increase  in the legal regulated rent for the
affected housing accommodation shall be one-fortieth of the  total  cost
incurred  by  the landlord in providing such modification 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 paragraph 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  furni-
ture  or furnishings.   THE OWNER SHALL GIVE WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE DIVI-
SION AND THE TENANT ON FORMS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF ANY  SUCH
ADJUSTMENT  PURSUANT  TO  THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUCH
WRITTEN  NOTICE  AS  PROVIDED  IN  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  PRECLUDE  THE
COLLECTION OF ANY SUCH ADJUSTMENT.
  S 5. Paragraph 1 of subdivision d of section 6 of section 4 of chapter
576  of  the  laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection

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act of nineteen seventy-four, as added by chapter 253  of  the  laws  of
1993, is amended to read as follows:
  (1)  there has been a substantial modification or increase of dwelling
space or an increase in the services, or installation of  new  equipment
or  improvements  or  new  furniture or furnishings, provided in or to a
tenant's housing accommodation, on written tenant consent  to  the  rent
increase.  In the case of a vacant housing accommodation, tenant consent
shall not be required. The permanent increase  in  the  legal  regulated
rent for the affected housing accommodation shall be one-fortieth of the
total  cost  incurred  by the landlord in providing such modification or
increase in dwelling space, services, furniture, furnishings  or  equip-
ment, including the cost of installation, but excluding finance charges.
Provided further [than] THAT an owner who is entitled to a rent increase
pursuant  to  this  paragraph  shall  not  be entitled to a further rent
increase based upon the installation of similar equipment, or new furni-
ture or furnishings within the useful life of such new equipment, or new
furniture or furnishings.  THE OWNER SHALL GIVE WRITTEN  NOTICE  TO  THE
DIVISION  AND  THE TENANT ON FORMS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF ANY
SUCH ADJUSTMENT PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE  FAILURE  TO  PROVIDE
SUCH  WRITTEN  NOTICE  AS  PROVIDED IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PRECLUDE THE
COLLECTION OF ANY SUCH ADJUSTMENT.
  S 6. Section 26-504.2 of the administrative code of the  city  of  New
York is amended by adding a new subdivision c to read as follows:
  C.  NOTWITHSTANDING  SECTION  26-516  OF  THIS CHAPTER AND SECTION TWO
HUNDRED THIRTEEN-A OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE  LAW  AND  RULES,  THE  PERIODS
PROVIDED FOR THEREIN FOR EXAMINATION OF THE RENTAL HISTORY OF THE ACCOM-
MODATION FOR THE DETERMINATION OF AN OVERCHARGE AND WHETHER THE ACCOMMO-
DATION  IS  SUBJECT  TO THIS LAW ARE EXTENDED BY THE PERIOD DURING WHICH
THE OWNER IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION B OF
THIS SECTION.
  S 7. Paragraph 13 of subdivision a of section 5 of section 4 of  chap-
ter  576  of  the  laws  of  1974,  constituting  the  emergency  tenant
protection act of nineteen seventy-four, as amended by chapter 82 of the
laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  (13) (I) any housing accommodation with a legal regulated rent of  two
thousand  dollars  or  more  per month at any time between the effective
date of this paragraph and October first, nineteen hundred  ninety-three
which  is or becomes vacant on or after the effective date of this para-
graph, or any housing accommodation with a legal regulated rent  of  two
thousand dollars or more per month at any time on or after the effective
date  of  the  rent  regulation  reform  act of 1997 which is or becomes
vacant on or after the effective date of the rent regulation reform  act
of  1997.  This  exclusion  shall  apply  regardless of whether the next
tenant in occupancy or any subsequent tenant in  occupancy  actually  is
charged  or pays less than two thousand dollars a month. Provided howev-
er, that this exclusion shall not apply to housing accommodations  which
became  or  become  subject  to  this act (a) by virtue of receiving tax
benefits pursuant to section four hundred twenty-one-a or  four  hundred
eighty-nine  of  the real property tax law, except as otherwise provided
in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (f) of subdivision two of section  four
hundred  twenty-one-a  of the real property tax law, or (b) by virtue of
article seven-C of the multiple dwelling law. This paragraph  shall  not
apply,  however, to or become effective with respect to housing accommo-
dations which the commissioner determines or finds that the landlord  or
any  person acting on his or her behalf, with intent to cause the tenant
to vacate, has engaged in any course  of  conduct  (including,  but  not

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limited  to,  interruption or discontinuance of required services) which
interfered with or disturbed  or  was  intended  to  interfere  with  or
disturb  the comfort, repose, peace or quiet of the tenant in his or her
use  or  occupancy  of the housing accommodations and in connection with
such course of conduct, any other general enforcement provision of  this
act shall also apply.
  (II)  THE  OWNER  OF  ANY HOUSING ACCOMMODATION THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO
THIS ACT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I)  OF  THIS  PARA-
GRAPH  OR  PARAGRAPH  N OF PARAGRAPH TWO OF SECTION TWO OF THE EMERGENCY
HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW SHALL GIVE WRITTEN  NOTICE  CERTIFIED  BY  SUCH
OWNER TO THE FIRST TENANT OF THAT HOUSING ACCOMMODATION AFTER SUCH HOUS-
ING  ACCOMMODATION BECOMES EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT OR THE
EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW. SUCH NOTICE SHALL CONTAIN  THE  LAST
REGULATED  RENT,  THE  REASON  THAT  SUCH  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION IS NOT
SUBJECT TO THIS ACT OR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW, A  CALCU-
LATION OF HOW EITHER THE RENTAL AMOUNT CHARGED WHEN THERE IS NO LEASE OR
THE  RENTAL  AMOUNT  PROVIDED FOR IN THE LEASE HAS BEEN DERIVED SO AS TO
REACH TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE PER MONTH, A STATEMENT THAT THE  LAST
LEGAL  REGULATED  RENT OR THE MAXIMUM RENT MAY BE VERIFIED BY THE TENANT
BY CONTACTING THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND  COMMUNITY  RENEWAL,  OR
ANY  SUCCESSOR  THERETO,  AND  THE  ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF SUCH
AGENCY, OR ANY SUCCESSOR THERETO. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE SENT BY CERTIFIED
MAIL WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE TENANCY COMMENCES OR AFTER THE SIGNING
OF THE LEASE BY BOTH PARTIES, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST OR SHALL BE  DELIV-
ERED  TO  THE TENANT AT THE SIGNING OF THE LEASE. IN ADDITION, THE OWNER
SHALL SEND AND CERTIFY TO THE TENANT A COPY OF THE  REGISTRATION  STATE-
MENT  FOR  SUCH  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION FILED WITH THE STATE DIVISION OF
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL INDICATING THAT SUCH HOUSING ACCOMMODATION
BECAME EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT OR THE  EMERGENCY  HOUSING
RENT  CONTROL LAW, WHICH FORM SHALL INCLUDE THE LAST REGULATED RENT, AND
SHALL BE SENT TO  THE  TENANT  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  AFTER  THE  TENANCY
COMMENCES OR THE FILING OF SUCH REGISTRATION, WHICHEVER OCCURS LATER.
  (III)  NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION TWELVE OF THIS ACT AND SECTION 213-A OF
THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES TO THE CONTRARY, THE  PERIODS  PROVIDED
FOR  THEREIN  FOR EXAMINATION OF THE RENTAL HISTORY OF THE ACCOMMODATION
FOR THE DETERMINATION OF AN OVERCHARGE AND WHETHER THE ACCOMMODATION  IS
SUBJECT TO THIS LAW ARE EXTENDED BY THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THE OWNER IS
NOT  IN  COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARA-
GRAPH.
  S 8. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided  that  sections
one,  two  and  three of this act shall take effect on the thirtieth day
after it shall have become a law; provided, further:
  (a) the amendments to sections 26-516, 26-511 and 26-504.2 of the rent
stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine made by  sections  one,
four,  and  six of this act, respectively, shall expire on the same date
as such law expires and shall not affect the expiration of such  law  as
provided under section 26-520 of such law;
  (b)  the  amendments  to section 26-413 of the city rent and rehabili-
tation law made by section two of this act shall remain  in  full  force
and effect only so long as the public emergency requiring the regulation
and control of residential rents and evictions continues, as provided in
subdivision  3  of section 1 of the local emergency housing rent control
law;
  (c) the amendments to sections 12, 6 and 5 of section 4 of  the  emer-
gency  tenant  protection  act of nineteen seventy-four made by sections
three, five and seven of this act, respectively,  shall  expire  on  the

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same  date  as  such  act expires and shall not affect the expiration of
such act as provided in section 17 of chapter 576 of the laws  of  1974,
as amended;
  (d)  the  amendments to paragraph 2 of subdivision c of section 26-516
and subparagraph (a) of paragraph 2 of subdivision b of  section  26-413
of  the  administrative  code of the city of New York and clause (ii) of
paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 12 of section 4 of the emergency
tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, made  by  sections  one,
two and three of this act, respectively, shall not affect the expiration
of  such  provisions  pursuant to subdivision 6 of section 46 of chapter
116 of the laws of 1997, as amended, and  shall  expire  and  be  deemed
repealed therewith;
  (e)  the  provisions of sections four and five of this act shall apply
with respect to any  modification  or  increase  of  dwelling  space  or
increase in services or installation of new equipment or improvements or
new  furnishings  in  a  housing accommodation on or after the effective
date of this act; and
  (f) the provisions of sections six and seven of this act  shall  apply
to  housing accommodations which became vacant on or after the effective
date of this act.

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