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Assembly Bill A7232

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits increase in maximum rents unless essential tenant services are maintained

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2013-A7232 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1793
Law Section:
Private Housing Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §31, Priv Hous Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1692
2011-2012: S2106, S6388
2015-2016: A5280, S3556
2017-2018: A666, S2370
2019-2020: A2411
2021-2022: A3540, A9243
2023-2024: A3029

2013-A7232 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits any increase in the average monthly rental of a property by a limited-profit housing company unless the appropriate local housing agency certifies that there exists no recorded violations against such property or that all recorded violations have been cleared, corrected or abated, and that such company is maintaining all essential services required to be furnished.

2013-A7232 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7232

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 8, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSA -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Housing

AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to  prohib-
  iting  increases  in  maximum rents for dwellings unless all essential
  services are maintained and requiring certification  of  other  condi-
  tions

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

  Section 1.  Section 31 of the private housing finance law  is  amended
by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A.   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER NO APPLICA-
TION FOR AN INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE MONTHLY RENTAL MAY BE  FILED  UNLESS
(A)  A CERTIFICATE OF THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY HAVING JURIS-
DICTION THEREOF IS ANNEXED TO SUCH APPLICATION STATING EITHER THAT THERE
ARE NO RECORDED VIOLATIONS AGAINST SUCH PROPERTY OR THAT ALL  VIOLATIONS
THEREIN  RECORDED  AGAINST SUCH PROPERTY HAVE BEEN CLEARED, CORRECTED OR
ABATED, OR A PORTION OF THE INCREASE IS  SPECIFICALLY  SET  ASIDE  IN  A
TRUST  FUND  TO  CORRECT  ALL  VIOLATIONS;  AND (B) THE COMPANY OR OTHER
APPLICANT CERTIFIES IT IS MAINTAINING ALL ESSENTIAL SERVICES REQUIRED TO
BE FURNISHED AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN SUCH SERVICES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05328-01-3

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