Assembly Bill A6171

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting disclosure of certain information when renting or leasing certain dwelling units

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  • 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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2019-A6171 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §489, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A10146

2019-A6171 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting disclosure of certain information regarding an application for a tax exemption or abatement when renting or leasing certain dwelling units which would be subject to rent regulation upon the acceptance of such application.

2019-A6171 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6171
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the real property tax law, in relation to prohibiting
   disclosure of certain information  when  renting  or  leasing  certain
   dwelling units
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 489 of the real property  tax  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21.  (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR
 LOCAL LAW OR ANY LOCAL ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR BENEFITS PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION, A PERSON SHALL NOT MAKE, PRINT OR PUBLISH, OR CAUSE TO BE MADE,
 PRINTED, OR PUBLISHED AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE  RENTAL  OR  LEASE  OF  A
 DWELLING  UNIT WHICH DISCLOSES THE EXISTENCE OF AN APPLICATION FOR BENE-
 FITS UNDER THIS SECTION IF SUCH DWELLING UNIT WOULD BE SUBJECT  TO  RENT
 REGULATION  AS A RESULT OF RECEIVING A TAX EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS SECTION AND SUCH DWELLING UNIT IS NOT CURRENTLY  SUBJECT  TO
 RENT REGULATION.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL
 LAW OR ANY LOCAL ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  FOR  BENEFITS  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION,  A  PERSON  SHALL NOT VERBALLY DISCLOSE TO A PROSPECTIVE TENANT
 THE EXISTENCE OF AN APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  WITH
 RESPECT TO THE RENTAL OR LEASE OF A DWELLING UNIT WHICH WOULD BE SUBJECT
 TO RENT REGULATION AS A RESULT OF RECEIVING A TAX EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT
 PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION IF SUCH DWELLING UNIT IS NOT CURRENTLY SUBJECT
 TO RENT REGULATION.
   (C) ANY VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPHS (A) OR (B)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF UP TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10137-01-9

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