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Assembly Bill A5237

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the subdivision of rent stabilized apartments

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2019-A5237 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §26-512, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8648
2021-2022: A6000

2019-A5237 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the subdivision of rent stabilized apartments.

2019-A5237 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5237
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to the subdivision of rent stabilized apartments
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  26-512 of the administrative code of the city of
 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows:
   G. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY  PERSON  TO  SUBDIVIDE,  OR  OTHERWISE
 CHANGE  THE  LAYOUT OF ANY HOUSING ACCOMMODATION REGULATED BY THIS CHAP-
 TER, OR THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, WITH THE INTENT TO CAUSE
 A SURRENDER OR WAIVER OF ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS  CHAPTER,  OR  THE  REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER.
   (1)  IN  THE  EVENT  A  PERSON DOES SUBDIVIDE, OR OTHERWISE CHANGE THE
 LAYOUT OF  SUCH  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATIONS,  SUCH  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT
 DISQUALIFY  SUCH HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS FROM THE RIGHTS UNDER THIS CHAP-
 TER OR THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER.
   (2) ANY PERSON WITH PLANS TO SUBDIVIDE, OR OTHERWISE CHANGE THE LAYOUT
 OF SUCH HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS SHALL NOTIFY THE TENANTS OF SUCH  HOUSING
 ACCOMMODATIONS,  LOCAL  COMMUNITY  BOARDS,  AND CITY AND STATE REPRESEN-
 TATIVES OF SUCH PLANS NO LESS THAN NINETY DAYS BEFORE WORK IS TO BEGIN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the  amend-
 ments  to  section 26-512 of chapter 4 of title 26 of the administrative
 code of the city of New York made by  section  one  of  this  act  shall
 expire  on  the  same  date as such law expires and shall not affect the
 expiration of such law as provided under section 26-520 of such law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09443-01-9

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