| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to housing, construction and community development |
| May 16, 2013 |
referred to housing, construction and community development |
Senate Bill S5495
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2013-S5495 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A708
- Current Committee:
- Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
- Law Section:
- New York City Administrative Code
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง26-605, NYC Ad Cd
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2011-2012:
A10768
2015-2016: S529, A563
2017-2018: S3627, A3520
2019-2020: S4825, A1471
2021-2022: S5280, A3737
2023-2024: S6383
2025-2026: S4252
2013-S5495 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5495
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the administrative code of the city of
New York, in relation to continuation of senior citizen rent increase
exemption benefits after a period of ineligibility due to a head of
household's temporary increase in income
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this legislation is to
guarantee that recipients of the SCRIE benefit not be subject to
hindsight rent increases due to a period of ineligibility.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This bill will amend section 26-605 of
the administrative code of the city of New York by adding a new
subdivision (e).
JUSTIFICATION: As it exists today, the SCRIE program contains a
loophole that significantly hurts those senior citizens it is intended
to help. Very frequently, a senior may see his or her income
experience an anomalous spike, because of the need to take an
additional distribution from an IRA or a pension to cover medical
expenses, for example, or other one-time increases in income. This
income spike will disqualify the applicant from the benefit. When the
senior's income returns to normal, and the beneficiary re-applies, his
or her rent gets frozen not at the old level, but at the current,
higher foil legal rent, which is greater than the previously frozen
rent. This sudden income spike can effectively push tenants out of the
2013-S5495 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5495
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 16, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 continuation of senior citizen rent increase exemption
benefits after a period of ineligibility due to a head of household's
temporary increase in income
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 26-605 of the administrative code of the city of
New York is amended by adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
(E) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A HEAD OF A HOUSEHOLD
TO WHOM A RENT INCREASE EXEMPTION ORDER/TAX ABATEMENT CERTIFICATE HAS
BEEN ISSUED UNDER THIS CHAPTER, CHAPTER THREE OR CHAPTER FOUR OF THIS
TITLE WHO HAS BECOME INELIGIBLE FOR SUCH RENT INCREASE EXEMPTION
ORDER/TAX ABATEMENT CERTIFICATE AS A RESULT OF A TEMPORARY INCREASE IN
INCOME FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THAT DOES NOT EXCEED TWO YEARS, MAY, UPON
RESUMPTION OF RECEIPT OF AN INCOME THAT QUALIFIES FOR SUCH
ORDER/CERTIFICATE UNDER THIS CHAPTER, CHAPTER THREE OR CHAPTER FOUR OF
THIS TITLE, APPLY TO THE SUPERVISING AGENCY, SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY SUCH RELEVANT CHAPTER, FOR A RENT INCREASE
EXEMPTION ORDER/TAX ABATEMENT CERTIFICATE RELATING TO THE SAME DWELLING
UNIT TO WHICH THE ORIGINAL RENT INCREASE EXEMPTION ORDER/TAX ABATEMENT
CERTIFICATE APPLIED, AND SUCH ORDER/CERTIFICATE SHALL PROVIDE THAT THE
HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM PAYING THAT PORTION OF THE
MAXIMUM RENT FOR THE DWELLING UNIT WHICH EXCEEDS THE LAST RENT THAT THE
HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD WAS REQUIRED TO PAY IN THE DWELLING UNIT PRIOR TO
HIS OR HER INCREASE IN INCOME WHICH CAUSED THE TEMPORARY INELIGIBILITY,
PLUS ANY NON-EXEMPT INCREASES IN SUCH MAXIMUM RENT WHICH MAY HAVE
OCCURRED DURING THE TEMPORARY PERIOD OF INELIGIBILITY.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to rele-
vant applications for the senior citizen rent increase exemption bene-
fits filed on or after such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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