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Senate Bill S2298

2011-2012 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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2011-S2298 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add ยง26-407.1, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S166

2011-S2298 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no tenant of any housing accommodation which is 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-S2298 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S2298 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2298

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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 eliminating fuel pass-along charges for occupants of  rent
  controlled 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  OF  RENT  CONTROLLED  ACCOMMO-
DATIONS  PROHIBITED.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE,
REGULATION, CHARTER OR ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, NO  TENANT  OF  ANY  HOUSING
ACCOMMODATION  WHICH  IS  SUBJECT  TO RENT CONTROL SHALL 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.
                                                           LBD07446-01-1

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