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Assembly Bill A1839

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits fuel pass-along rental adjustment to tenant of New York city rent controlled housing accommodations

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2011-A1839 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add ยง26-407.1, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6904
2013-2014: A343
2015-2016: A419, A7344
2017-2018: A4931, A5168
2019-2020: A289, A7349

2011-A1839 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no tenant of housing accommodations which are subject to rent control shall be subject to a fuel adjustment or pass-along increase in rent; provides that any such increase to such tenant shall be null and void.

2011-A1839 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1839

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSENTHAL, COLTON, SPANO, JAFFEE -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.   FARRELL, GLICK,  GOTTFRIED  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Housing

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
  relation to eliminating fuel pass-along charges for occupants of  rent
  controlled housing accommodations

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

  Section 1.  The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
by adding a new section 26-407.1 to read as follows:
  S 26-407.1 FUEL PASS-ALONG TO TENANTS UNDER RENT  CONTROL  PROHIBITED.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE, REGULATION, CHARTER OR
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, TENANTS OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS WHICH ARE SUBJECT
TO  RENT  CONTROL  UNDER  THIS  CHAPTER  SHALL  NOT BE SUBJECT TO A FUEL
ADJUSTMENT OR PASS-ALONG INCREASE IN RENT AND ANY SUCH INCREASE TO  SUCH
TENANT SHALL BE NULL AND VOID.
  S  2.    This  act  shall  take  effect on the first of September next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law;  provided  that
the addition of section 26-407.1 to the city rent and rehabilitation law
made  by  section  one of this act shall remain in full force and effect
only as 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
act.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02258-01-1

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