Assembly Bill A171

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires publication of the New York City housing and vacancy survey and rent reduction schedules every three years

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


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A171 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S234
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §§26-511 & 26-405, NYC Ad Cd; amd §6, Emerg Ten Prot Act; amd §4, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A193, S2349
2011-2012: A7376, S2389
2015-2016: A658, S189
2017-2018: A1760, S481, S7150
2019-2020: S3383
2021-2022: S3124

2013-A171 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows owners of buildings which are master metered for electricity and have rent inclusion of electricity to file applications to terminate the rent inclusion of electricity for such accommodations.

2013-A171 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   171

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. HEVESI, O'DONNELL, KELLNER, DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED,
  COLTON, JAFFEE, BROOK-KRASNY, ROSENTHAL, V. LOPEZ  --  Multi-Sponsored
  by  --  M.  of A. AUBRY, BOYLAND, BRENNAN, FARRELL, GLICK -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Housing

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city  of  New  York,  the
  emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emer-
  gency housing rent control law, in relation to the termination of rent
  inclusion of electricity for housing accommodations

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

  Section 1.  Subdivision c of section 26-511 of the administrative code
of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph 15 to  read
as follows:
  (15)  PROVIDES  THAT  OWNERS OF BUILDINGS WHICH ARE MASTER METERED FOR
ELECTRICITY AND HAVE RENT INCLUSION OF ELECTRICITY MAY FILE APPLICATIONS
TO TERMINATE THE RENT INCLUSION OF ELECTRICITY  FOR  THE  ACCOMMODATIONS
SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION.
  (A)  THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL FORMULATE AND
PUBLISH A SCHEDULE OF RENT ADJUSTMENTS OR UPDATE THE SCHEDULE OF ADJUST-
MENTS WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE PUBLICATION OF A NEW HOUSING AND  VACANCY
SURVEY BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU. THE SCHEDULE OR UPDATED SCHE-
DULE  OF RENT ADJUSTMENTS SHALL BE BASED ON THE NEW SURVEY DATA AS TABU-
LATED BY THE NEW YORK CITY RENT GUIDELINES BOARD, GOVERNING THE RATE  BY
WHICH  THE  RENT  OF  REGULATED HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS SHALL BE ADJUSTED
UPON AND AFTER CONVERSION TO INDIVIDUAL  METERING  AT  THE  BUILDING  BY
MEANS  OF EITHER DIRECT METERING OR SUBMETERING. THE DIVISION OF HOUSING
AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL PROMULGATE AN  OPERATIONAL  BULLETIN  AND/OR
MODIFY  OR  AMEND  ITS REGULATIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO GIVE EFFECT TO
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00252-01-3
              

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