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                                  5229

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
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Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- 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, in
  relation to appointments to the rent guidelines board

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

  Section  1. Subdivision a of section 26-510 of the administrative code
of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
  a. There shall be a rent guidelines board to consist of nine  members,
appointed by the mayor, WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Two  members  shall be representative of tenants, two shall be represen-
tative of owners of property, and five shall be public members  each  of
whom  shall  have  had at least five years experience in either finance,
economics or housing. One public member shall be designated by the mayor
to serve as chairman and shall hold no other public office.  No  member,
officer or employee of any municipal rent regulation agency or the state
division  of  housing  and  community  renewal and no person who owns or
manages real estate covered by this law or who  is  an  officer  of  any
owner or tenant organization shall serve on a rent guidelines board. One
public  member,  one  member  representative  of  tenants and one member
representative of owners shall serve for a term ending  two  years  from
January  first next succeeding the date of their appointment; one public
member, one member representative of tenants and  one  member  represen-
tative of owners shall serve for terms ending three years from the Janu-
ary  first  next succeeding the date of their appointment and two public
members shall serve for terms ending four years from January first  next
succeeding  the  dates of their appointment. The chairman shall serve at
the pleasure of the mayor. Thereafter, all  members  shall  continue  in
office  until  their  successors  have been appointed and qualified. The
mayor shall fill any vacancy which may occur by reason of death,  resig-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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nation   or   otherwise   in  a  manner  consistent  with  the  original
appointment, AND WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT  OF  THE  CITY  COUNCIL.  A
member  may be removed by the mayor for cause, but not without an oppor-
tunity  to be heard in person or by counsel, in his or her defense, upon
not less than ten days notice.
  S 2. This act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and  shall  apply  to
appointments  made  on and after such date; provided that the amendments
to section 26-510 of chapter 4 of title 26 of the administrative code of
the city of New York made by section one of this act 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.