Senate Bill S2891

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides that tenants shall be offered the option of a one, two, three or four year renewal lease; repealer

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee


  • 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-S2891 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6567
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §26-511, rpld §26-511 sub c ¶5-a, NYC Ad Cd; amd §10, rpld §10 sub (a-1), Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A2436

2019-S2891 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that tenants shall be offered the option of a one, two, three or four year renewal lease; repeals certain provisions relating to the increase in rent for such renewal leases.

2019-S2891 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2891 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2891
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 AN  ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
   emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in  relation
   to the duration of renewal leases; and to repeal certain provisions of
   such laws relating to the increase in rent for such renewal leases
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision  c  of  section  26-511  of  the
 administrative  code  of  the  city  of  New  York is amended to read as
 follows:
   (4) includes provisions requiring owners to grant a [one or two]  ONE,
 TWO,  THREE  OR  FOUR year vacancy or renewal lease at the option of the
 tenant except where a mortgage or mortgage  commitment  existing  as  of
 April  first,  nineteen  hundred sixty-nine, provides that the mortgagor
 shall not grant a one year lease;
   § 2. Paragraph 5-a of subdivision c of section 26-511 of the  adminis-
 trative code of the city of New York is REPEALED.
   §  3.  Subdivision  a of section 10 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the
 laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of  nine-
 teen  seventy-four,  as  amended  by chapter 234 of the laws of 1984, is
 amended to read as follows:
   a. For cities having a population of less than one million  and  towns
 and  villages, the state division of housing and community renewal shall
 be empowered to implement this  act  by  appropriate  regulations.  Such
 regulations  may encompass such speculative or manipulative practices or
 renting or leasing practices as the state division of housing and commu-
 nity renewal determines constitute or are likely to cause  circumvention
 of  this act. Such regulations shall prohibit practices which are likely
 to prevent any person from asserting any right or remedy granted by this

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

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