Assembly Bill A6628

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires notification of tenants for impending conversions and bona fide offers to purchase to include the rights and responsibilities of tenants

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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-A6628 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §§26-802 & 26-803, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10037
2021-2022: A4953

2019-A6628 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires notification of tenants for impending conversions and bona fide offers to purchase to include the rights and responsibilities of tenants issued with the original lease.

2019-A6628 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6628
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DE LA ROSA  -- 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  requiring  notification of tenants for impending conver-
   sions and bona fide offers to  purchase  to  include  the  rights  and
   responsibilities of tenants

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section  26-802  of  the  administrative
 code  of  the  city  of New York, as added by local law number 79 of the
 city of New York for the year 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Notice shall be provided by the owner to the  tenant  association,
 or  if  no  tenant association exists, to each tenant WITH A COPY OF THE
 RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TENANTS ISSUED WITH THE  ORIGINAL  LEASE,
 and  to  the department of the intention of the owner to take any action
 that will result in the conversion of the assisted rental housing.
   § 2. Section 26-803 of the administrative code  of  the  city  of  New
 York,  as  added  by local law number 79 of the city of New York for the
 year 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   § 26-803 Notification of bona fide offer to  purchase.  [(a)]  If  the
 owner receives a bona fide offer to purchase and intends to consider, or
 respond  to  such  bona  fide  offer  to  purchase, then notice shall be
 provided by the owner to a tenant association, or if no  tenant  associ-
 ation  exists, to each tenant WITH A COPY OF THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBIL-
 ITIES OF TENANTS ISSUED WITH THE ORIGINAL LEASE,  or  if  applicable,  a
 qualified entity, and the department, no more than fifteen days from the
 date  that  such  bona fide offer to purchase is delivered to the owner.
 Such notice shall contain the following information:
   [(1)] (A) The name and address of the proposed  bona  fide  purchaser;
 and
   [(2)] (B) The price and terms and conditions of the offer[;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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