assembly Bill A9966

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to imposing a fee on landlords who have residential dwelling units which remain vacant for an extended period of time

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Mar 03, 2020 referred to housing

A9966 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add §238-b, RP L; add §99-hh, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A5988

A9966 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Imposes a fee on landlords who have residential dwelling units which remain vacant for a period greater than three months and deposits such fee into a fund to provide housing vouchers for homeless individuals.

A9966 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  9966

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 3, 2020
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Housing

AN ACT to amend the real property law and  the  state  finance  law,  in
  relation  to imposing a fee on landlords who have residential dwelling
  units which remain vacant for an extended period of time

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

  Section  1.  The  real property law is amended by adding a new section
238-b to read as follows:
  § 238-B. WAREHOUSING OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS. 1. A LANDLORD OF A
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT WHICH REMAINS VACANT FOR A PERIOD GREATER THAN
THREE MONTHS SHALL PAY A MONTHLY WAREHOUSING FEE  IN  AN  AMOUNT  TO  BE
CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS:
  A.  FOR  THE  FOURTH MONTH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT REMAINS VACANT,
THE FEE SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE LAST LEGAL RENT CHARGED FOR SUCH UNIT.
  B. FOR EVERY ADDITIONAL MONTH THEREAFTER THAT A  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING
UNIT  REMAINS  VACANT, THE FEE SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE FEE CHARGED FOR THE
PREVIOUS MONTH PLUS AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO FIFTY PERCENT.
  C. IF THE LEGAL RENT OF A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT CANNOT  BE  DETER-
MINED, THE AMOUNT USED TO CALCULATE THE FEE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
BE  EQUAL  TO THE MARKET RENT FOR A SIMILARLY SIZED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
UNIT IN THE SAME LOCATION, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF  HOUSING
AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL.
  2.  A  LANDLORD  MAY  PETITION  THE  DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
RENEWAL FOR A WAIVER OF THE FEE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
THIS  SECTION  IF  SUCH  LANDLORD  CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT SUCH RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING UNIT IS VACANT DUE TO SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATIONS WHICH RENDER SUCH
UNIT UNABLE TO BE OCCUPIED.
  3. THE FEE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION  SHALL
BE  PAID TO THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL. SUCH DIVISION
SHALL PAY ALL FEES COLLECTED EACH MONTH TO  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  WHO
SHALL  DEPOSIT  SUCH MONEY IN THE HOUSING VOUCHER ASSISTANCE FUND ESTAB-
LISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-HH OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.

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