senate Bill S299A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the establishment of rent adjustments and prohibition of fuel pass-along charges; repealer

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


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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020 referred to housing, construction and community development
Feb 21, 2019 print number 299a
Feb 21, 2019 amend (t) and recommit to housing, construction and community development
Jan 09, 2019 referred to housing, construction and community development

Co-Sponsors

S299 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A167
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §26-405, rpld sub g ¶1 sub¶¶ (l) & (n), add §26-407.1, NYC Ad Cd; amd §4, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7881
2015-2016: S5040, A398
2017-2018: S6925, A268

S299 - Summary

Relates to the establishment of rent adjustments and prohibition of fuel pass-along charges.

S299 - Sponsor Memo

S299 - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                   299

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. BENJAMIN, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, SEPULVEDA -- 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  housing  rent control law, in relation to the establishment
  of rent adjustments; and repealing certain provisions of the  adminis-
  trative code of the city of New York relating thereto

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

  Section 1. Paragraph 5 of subdivision  a  of  section  26-405  of  the
administrative  code  of  the  city  of  New  York is amended to read as
follows:
  (5) Where a maximum rent established pursuant to this  chapter  on  or
after  January  first,  nineteen hundred seventy-two, is higher than the
previously existing maximum  rent,  the  landlord  may  not  collect  AN
INCREASE  FROM A TENANT IN OCCUPANCY IN ANY ONE YEAR PERIOD OF more than
THE LESSER OF EITHER seven  and  one-half  percentum  [increase  from  a
tenant in occupancy on such date in any one year period, provided howev-
er,  that  where]  OR  AN AVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS OF ONE-YEAR
RENT INCREASES ON RENT STABILIZED APARTMENTS AS ESTABLISHED BY THE  RENT
GUIDELINES  BOARD,  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION 26-510 OF THIS
TITLE. IF the period for which the rent is established exceeds one year,
regardless of how the collection thereof is averaged over  such  period,
the  rent  the  landlord  shall  be entitled to receive during the first
twelve months shall not be increased by more than THE LESSER  OF  EITHER
seven and one-half percentum OR AN AVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS OF
ONE-YEAR  RENT INCREASES ON RENT STABILIZED APARTMENTS AS ESTABLISHED BY
THE RENT GUIDELINES BOARD, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION B OF  SECTION  26-510
OF THIS TITLE, over the previous rent [and]. ANY additional annual rents
shall not exceed THE LESSER OF EITHER seven and one-half percentum OR AN

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

Co-Sponsors

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S299A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A167
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §26-405, rpld sub g ¶1 sub¶¶ (l) & (n), add §26-407.1, NYC Ad Cd; amd §4, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7881
2015-2016: S5040, A398
2017-2018: S6925, A268

S299A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the establishment of rent adjustments and prohibition of fuel pass-along charges.

S299A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S299A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 299--A

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. BENJAMIN, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, MYRIE, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA
  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the  Committee  on  Housing, Construction and Community Development --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
  emergency housing rent control law, in relation to  the  establishment
  of  rent  adjustments  and prohibition of fuel pass-along charges; and
  repealing certain provisions of the administrative code of the city of
  New York relating thereto

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  5  of  subdivision  a of section 26-405 of the
administrative code of the city of  New  York  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (5)  Where  a  maximum rent established pursuant to this chapter on or
after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-two, is  higher  than  the
previously  existing  maximum  rent,  the  landlord  may  not collect AN
INCREASE FROM A TENANT IN OCCUPANCY IN ANY ONE YEAR PERIOD OF more  than
THE  LESSER  OF  EITHER  seven  and  one-half percentum [increase from a
tenant in occupancy on such date in any one year period, provided howev-
er, that where] OR AN AVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS  FIVE  YEARS  OF  ONE-YEAR
RENT  INCREASES ON RENT STABILIZED APARTMENTS AS ESTABLISHED BY THE RENT
GUIDELINES BOARD, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION  26-510  OF  THIS
TITLE. IF the period for which the rent is established exceeds one year,
regardless  of  how the collection thereof is averaged over such period,
the rent the landlord shall be entitled  to  receive  during  the  first
twelve  months  shall not be increased by more than THE LESSER OF EITHER
seven and one-half percentum OR AN AVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS OF
ONE-YEAR RENT INCREASES ON RENT STABILIZED APARTMENTS AS ESTABLISHED  BY

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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