assembly Bill A167A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the establishment of rent adjustments and prohibition of fuel pass-along charges; repealer

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020 referred to housing
Feb 20, 2019 print number 167a
Feb 20, 2019 amend (t) and recommit to housing
Jan 09, 2019 referred to housing

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A167 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S299
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §26-405, rpld sub g ¶1 sub¶¶ (l) & (n), add §26-407.1, NYC Ad Cd; amd §4, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7881
2015-2016: A398, S5040
2017-2018: A268, S6925

A167 - Summary

Relates to the establishment of rent adjustments and prohibition of fuel pass-along charges.

A167 - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                   167

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, ORTIZ, MOSLEY, GOTTFRIED, DAVILA,
  PICHARDO, BICHOTTE, COLTON, JOYNER, WALKER,  DINOWITZ,  BLAKE,  GLICK,
  DE LA ROSA,  BARRON  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of A. DenDEKKER,
  EPSTEIN, HYNDMAN, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
  Housing

AN  ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
  emergency housing rent control law, in relation to  the  establishment
  of  rent adjustments; and repealing certain provisions of the adminis-
  trative code of the city of New York relating thereto

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  5  of  subdivision  a of section 26-405 of the
administrative code of the city of  New  York  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (5)  Where  a  maximum rent established pursuant to this chapter on or
after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-two, is  higher  than  the
previously  existing  maximum  rent,  the  landlord  may  not collect AN
INCREASE FROM A TENANT IN OCCUPANCY IN ANY ONE YEAR PERIOD OF more  than
THE  LESSER  OF  EITHER  seven  and  one-half percentum [increase from a
tenant in occupancy on such date in any one year period, provided howev-
er, that where] OR AN AVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS  FIVE  YEARS  OF  ONE-YEAR
RENT  INCREASES ON RENT STABILIZED APARTMENTS AS ESTABLISHED BY THE RENT
GUIDELINES BOARD, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION  26-510  OF  THIS
TITLE. IF the period for which the rent is established exceeds one year,
regardless  of  how the collection thereof is averaged over such period,
the rent the landlord shall be entitled  to  receive  during  the  first
twelve  months  shall not be increased by more than THE LESSER OF EITHER
seven and one-half percentum OR AN AVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS OF
ONE-YEAR RENT INCREASES ON RENT STABILIZED APARTMENTS AS ESTABLISHED  BY
THE  RENT  GUIDELINES BOARD, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION 26-510

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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Multi-Sponsors

A167A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S299
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §26-405, rpld sub g ¶1 sub¶¶ (l) & (n), add §26-407.1, NYC Ad Cd; amd §4, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7881
2015-2016: A398, S5040
2017-2018: A268, S6925

A167A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the establishment of rent adjustments and prohibition of fuel pass-along charges.

A167A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 167--A

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, ORTIZ, MOSLEY, GOTTFRIED, DAVILA,
  PICHARDO, BICHOTTE, COLTON, JOYNER, WALKER,  DINOWITZ,  BLAKE,  GLICK,
  DE LA ROSA,  BARRON,  EPSTEIN, REYES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  DenDEKKER, HYNDMAN, SIMON -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
  on Housing -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
  emergency housing rent control law, in relation to  the  establishment
  of  rent  adjustments  and prohibition of fuel pass-along charges; and
  repealing certain provisions of the administrative code of the city of
  New York relating thereto

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  5  of  subdivision  a of section 26-405 of the
administrative code of the city of  New  York  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (5)  Where  a  maximum rent established pursuant to this chapter on or
after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-two, is  higher  than  the
previously  existing  maximum  rent,  the  landlord  may  not collect AN
INCREASE FROM A TENANT IN OCCUPANCY IN ANY ONE YEAR PERIOD OF more  than
THE  LESSER  OF  EITHER  seven  and  one-half percentum [increase from a
tenant in occupancy on such date in any one year period, provided howev-
er, that where] OR AN AVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS  FIVE  YEARS  OF  ONE-YEAR
RENT  INCREASES ON RENT STABILIZED APARTMENTS AS ESTABLISHED BY THE RENT
GUIDELINES BOARD, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION  26-510  OF  THIS
TITLE. IF the period for which the rent is established exceeds one year,
regardless  of  how the collection thereof is averaged over such period,
the rent the landlord shall be entitled  to  receive  during  the  first
twelve  months  shall not be increased by more than THE LESSER OF EITHER
seven and one-half percentum OR AN AVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS OF

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets