Senate Bill S299

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


  • 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-S299 - Details

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), NYC Ad Cd; amd §4, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5040
2017-2018: S6925

2019-S299 - Summary

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

2019-S299 - Sponsor Memo

2019-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
              

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2019-S299A (ACTIVE) - Details

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), NYC Ad Cd; amd §4, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5040
2017-2018: S6925

2019-S299A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-S299A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-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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