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                                  5344

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 25, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED,  GLICK, CASTRO, KELLNER, MILLMAN,
  ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, CLARK, FARRELL --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Housing

AN ACT to amend the emergency tenant protection act of  nineteen  seven-
  ty-four,  the emergency housing rent control law and the New York city
  charter, in relation to investigations and inspections by the city  of
  New York

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

  Section 1. Subdivision a of section 12 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 paragraph 9 to read  as
follows:
  (9)  THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL MAY AUTHORIZE
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN  THE  CITY  OF
NEW  YORK,  OR  ITS  SUCCESSOR AGENCY, TO EXERCISE ANY OF THE DIVISION'S
POWERS UNDER THIS ACT WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO AGREEMENT
WITH THAT DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 6 of chapter 274 of the  laws  of  1946,
constituting the emergency housing rent control law, as amended by chap-
ter 337 of the laws of 1961, is amended to read as follows:
  1.    (A)  THE  STATE  DIVISION  OF  HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL MAY
AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN  THE
CITY  OF NEW YORK, OR ITS SUCCESSOR AGENCY, TO EXERCISE ANY OF THE DIVI-
SION'S POWERS UNDER THIS LAW WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW  YORK,  PURSUANT  TO
AGREEMENT WITH THAT DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY.
  (B)  The  commission  is  authorized to make such studies and investi-
gations, to conduct such hearings, and to obtain such information as the
commission deems necessary or proper in prescribing  any  regulation  or
order  under  this  act or in the administration and enforcement of this
act and regulations and orders thereunder.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  S 3. Section 1802 of the New York city charter is amended by adding  a
new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
  7.  ALL  POWERS,  RIGHTS  AND  DUTIES AUTHORIZED BY AND PURSUANT TO AN
AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW YORK STATE  DIVISION  OF  HOUSING  AND  COMMUNITY
RENEWAL,  OR ITS SUCCESSOR AGENCY, UNDER SECTION TWELVE OF THE EMERGENCY
TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR AND  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
SECTION SIX OF THE EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW.
  S  4. Severability.   If any provision of this act, or any application
of any provision of this act, is held to  be  invalid,  that  shall  not
affect the validity or effectiveness of any other provision of this act,
or  of  any  other application of any provision of this act or any other
provision of any law or code amended by this act.
  S 5.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
ments to section 12 of the emergency tenant protection act  of  nineteen
seventy-four  made  by  section one of this act shall expire on the same
date as such act expires and shall not affect the expiration of such act
as provided in section 17 of chapter  576  of  the  laws  of  1974;  and
provided  that  the  amendments  to section six of the emergency housing
rent control law made by section two of this act  shall  expire  on  the
same  date  as  such  law expires and shall not affect the expiration of
such law as provided in subdivision 2 of section 1 of chapter 274 of the
laws of 1946.