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Jan 03, 2018 | referred to housing, construction and community development |
May 31, 2017 | referred to housing, construction and community development |
senate Bill S6527
Sponsored By
Liz Krueger
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee
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- In Committee
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Co-Sponsors
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr
(D) 15th Senate District
Marisol Alcantara
(D) 0 Senate District
Tony Avella
(D) 0 Senate District
Jamaal T. Bailey
(D) 36th Senate District
S6527 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6285
- Current Committee:
- Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
- Law Section:
- Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §10, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §26-511, NYC Ad Cd
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010: S2251, A465
2011-2012: S448, A1364
2013-2014: S1775, A5473
2015-2016: S2828, A3809
2019-2020: S2845, A1509, A4349
2021-2022: A5770
S6527 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits an owner from adjusting the amount of preferential rent, rent charged and paid by the tenant which is less than the legal regulated rent for the housing accommodation, upon the renewal of a lease; only allows the owner to make such adjustments upon a vacancy which is not the result of the failure of the owner to maintain a habitable residence.
S6527 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6527 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the regulation of rents PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : The purpose of this bill is to prohibit an owner from adjusting the amount of preferential rent upon the renewal of a lease. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : This bill would prohibit a landlord from switching to the legal regulated rent upon a lease renewal when the tenant's lease had commenced with a preferential rent; only upon a tenant's vacancy could an owner increase the less than legal regulated rent. In addition, such a vacancy could not be caused by an owner or an agent of the owner's the failure to maintain the housing accommodation in a habitable condition. JUSTIFICATION : As housing costs increase across the City of New York, the displacement of working families and middle class residents from rent regulated apartments has resulted in a housing crisis. The
S6527 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6527 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 31, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- 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 emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven- ty-four and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the regulation of rents THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (a-2) of section 10 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, as amended by section 11 of part A of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: (a-2) Provides that where the amount of rent charged to and paid by the tenant is less than the legal regulated rent for the housing accom- modation, the amount of rent for such housing accommodation which may be charged [upon renewal or] upon vacancy thereof, may, at the option of the owner, be based upon such previously established legal regulated rent, as adjusted by the most recent applicable guidelines increases and other increases authorized by law; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH VACANCY SHALL NOT BE CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE OWNER OR AN AGENT OF THE OWNER, TO MAINTAIN THE HOUSING ACCOMMODATION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE-B OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW; AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT SUCH INCREASE TO THE PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED LEGAL REGULATED RENT SHALL NOT EXCEED: FIVE PERCENT OF THE PREVIOUS LEGAL REGULATED RENT IF THE LAST VACANCY LEASE COMMENCED LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO; TEN PERCENT OF THE PREVIOUS LEGAL REGULATED RENT IF THE LAST VACANCY LEASE COMMENCED LESS THAN THREE YEARS AGO; FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE PREVIOUS LEGAL REGU- LATED RENT IF THE LAST VACANCY LEASE COMMENCED LESS THAN FOUR YEARS AGO; AND TWENTY PERCENT OF THE PREVIOUS LEGAL REGULATED RENT IF THE LAST VACANCY LEASE COMMENCED FOUR OR MORE YEARS AGO. Such housing accommo- dation shall be excluded from the provisions of this act pursuant to paragraph thirteen of subdivision a of section five of this act when subsequent to vacancy: (i) such legal regulated rent is two thousand
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