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Senate Bill S3857

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires an owner to report any housing accommodation which has been vacant for more than 60 days, within 7 days; and to report the filling thereof; penalties

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2011-S3857 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §26-517, NYC Ad Cd; amd §12-a, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S3963

2011-S3857 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires an owner to register with the state department of housing and community renewal, any housing accommodation which has been vacant for more than 60 days (within 7 days of the 60th day) occurring in certain rent stabilized housing accommodations (i.e., housing accommodations subject to certain rent stabilization provisions of the NYC Administrative Code or to the local emergency housing rent control act or the emergency tenant protection act of 1974); imposes a civil penalty of one thousand dollars per month upon persons who fail to comply with said provisions; also requires owners to report the filling of such vacancies.

2011-S3857 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S3857 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3857

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 7, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- 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 and  the
  emergency  tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation
  to registration of vacancies

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

  Section  1.  Section  26-517 of the administrative code of the city of
New York is amended by adding a new subdivision e-1 to read as follows:
  E-1. AN OWNER SHALL ALSO REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER ANY HOUSING ACCOM-
MODATION SUBJECT TO THIS LAW OR TO  THE  LOCAL  EMERGENCY  HOUSING  RENT
CONTROL  ACT WHICH HAS BEEN VACANT FOR MORE THAN SIXTY DAYS. SUCH REPORT
SHALL BE FILED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF THE SIXTIETH DAY OF VACANCY. IF SUCH
REPORT IS NOT SO FILED AND SUCH UNIT REMAINS VACANT, THE OWNER SHALL  BE
SUBJECT  TO  A  CIVIL PENALTY OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER MONTH FOR SUCH
UNREGISTERED PERIOD. UPON THE FILLING OF ANY  SUCH  SIXTY  OR  MORE  DAY
VACANCY,  THE  OWNER  SHALL  WITHIN  SEVEN  DAYS THEREAFTER NOTIFY   THE
COMMISSIONER THAT SUCH ACCOMMODATION IS NO LONGER VACANT.
  S 2. Section 12-a of section 4 of chapter 576 of  the  laws  of  1974,
constituting  the  emergency  tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-
four is amended by adding a new subdivision e-1 to read as follows:
  E-1. AN OWNER SHALL ALSO REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER ANY HOUSING ACCOM-
MODATION SUBJECT TO THIS ACT OR TO THE EMERGENCY  HOUSING  RENT  CONTROL
LAW WHICH HAS BEEN VACANT FOR MORE THAN SIXTY DAYS. SUCH REPORT SHALL BE
FILED  WITHIN  SEVEN DAYS OF THE SIXTIETH DAY OF VACANCY. IF SUCH REPORT
IS NOT SO FILED AND SUCH UNIT REMAINS VACANT, THE OWNER SHALL BE SUBJECT
TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER MONTH FOR  SUCH  UNREGIS-
TERED  PERIOD.  UPON  THE FILLING OF ANY SUCH SIXTY OR MORE DAY VACANCY,
THE OWNER SHALL WITHIN SEVEN DAYS  THEREAFTER  NOTIFY  THE  COMMISSIONER
THAT SUCH ACCOMMODATION IS NO LONGER VACANT.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06044-01-1

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