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                                   5143
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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 public housing law, in relation to enacting the rent
   regulation reporting act of 2019

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "rent regulation reporting act of 2019".
   §  2. Section 20 of the public housing law, as added by chapter 576 of
 the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
   § 20. Annual reports. 1. The commissioner shall, on or before  October
 first  in each year, beginning in nineteen hundred ninety, submit one or
 more reports to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the
 speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate and  minority
 leader  of  the assembly on the activity and implementation of the state
 housing assistance programs for the previous fiscal year.  In  addition,
 the commissioner shall, on or before February first in each year, begin-
 ning  in  nineteen  hundred  ninety-one,  submit an interim report which
 contains, in  tabular  format  only,  the  non-narrative  data  compiled
 through  November  thirtieth of each year. The commissioner shall submit
 on or before February first, nineteen hundred ninety a  report  for  the
 fiscal  year  commencing  April first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight and
 the most up to date non-narrative data, in tabular format only,  but  in
 no  event less than the data compiled through September thirtieth, nine-
 teen hundred eighty-nine. All such reports shall  include,  but  not  be
 limited  to  the  low  income housing trust fund program, the affordable
 home ownership development program, the urban initiatives  program,  the
 rural  area revitalization program, the rural rental assistance program,
 the homeless housing and assistance program, the  housing  opportunities
 program  for  the elderly, the state of New York mortgage agency forward
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD10981-02-9

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 commitment and mortgage insurance programs, the housing  finance  agency
 secured  loan  rental  program,  the turnkey/enhanced housing trust fund
 program, the special needs housing program, the  permanent  housing  for
 the  homeless  program,  the  infrastructure  development  demonstration
 program and the mobile home cooperative fund program.   For the  purpose
 of  producing  such report or reports, the commissioner shall be author-
 ized to rely on information provided by  each  administering  agency  or
 authority.  Such  report or reports shall, to the extent applicable to a
 specific program, include but not be limited to:  (i)  a  narrative  for
 each  program  reported  describing the program purpose, eligible appli-
 cants, eligible areas, income population to be served,  and  limitations
 on funding; (ii) for each eligible applicant receiving funding under the
 Housing Trust Fund or the Affordable Home Ownership Development programs
 during  the  year specified herein, such applicant's name and address, a
 description of the applicant's contract amount, a narrative  description
 of  the  specific activities performed by such applicant, and the income
 levels of the occupants to be served by the units all as proposed by the
 applicant at the time the contract is awarded; (iii)  a  description  of
 the distribution of funds for each category of project funded under each
 program;  (iv)  the number of units or beds under award, under contract,
 under construction and completed based on a  change  in  project  status
 during  the  year  for  each  program;  (v)  the number of units or beds
 assisted during the year under each program; (vi) the amount and type of
 assistance provided for such units or beds placed under contract;  (vii)
 based on total project costs, the number of units or beds under contract
 and  assisted  through  new  construction,  substantial  rehabilitation,
 moderate rehabilitation, improvements to existing  units  or  beds,  and
 through  acquisition  only  for  each  program; (viii) for the number of
 units or beds under contract assisted through new construction, substan-
 tial rehabilitation, moderate rehabilitation, improvements  to  existing
 units  or beds, and through acquisition only, the level of state assist-
 ance expressed as a percentage of total project  cost;  (ix)  for  those
 units  and  beds under contract a calculation of the amount of non-state
 funds provided expressed as a percentage of total project cost; (x)  the
 number  of  units  or beds completed and under award, under contract and
 under construction for each program based on the current  program  pipe-
 line;  (xi) for units or beds for which mortgage assistance was provided
 by the state of New York mortgage agency, the  number  of  existing  and
 newly  constructed units; and (xii) a list, by program, of units or beds
 assisted within each county. To the extent that any law establishing  or
 appropriating  funds for any of the aforementioned programs requires the
 commissioner to produce a report containing data  substantially  similar
 to  that  required  herein,  this report shall be deemed to satisfy such
 other requirements.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, ON OR BEFORE MAY  TWENTIETH,  TWO  THOUSAND
 NINETEEN, AND ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER FIRST IN EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR, SUBMIT
 A  REPORT  TO  THE  GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY  LEADER  OF  THE  SENATE  AND  THE
 MINORITY  LEADER  OF THE ASSEMBLY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYSTEM OF
 RENT REGULATION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX OF THE LAWS
 OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR, CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED  SEVENTY  FOUR  OF
 THE  LAWS  OF  NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY-SIX, CHAPTER THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-
 NINE OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE, CHAPTER  FIVE  HUNDRED
 FIFTY-FIVE  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO, CHAPTER FOUR
 HUNDRED TWO OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED  EIGHTY-THREE,  CHAPTER  ONE
 HUNDRED  SIXTEEN  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  NINETEEN  HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN, AND

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 SECTIONS 26-501, 26-502, AND 26-520 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE  CODE  OF  THE
 CITY  OF  NEW  YORK.  SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: A
 NARRATIVE DESCRIBING THE  PROGRAMS  AND  ACTIVITIES  UNDERTAKEN  BY  THE
 OFFICE  OF  RENT  ADMINISTRATION AND THE TENANT PROTECTION UNIT, AND ANY
 OTHER PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE  DIVISION  TO  IMPLEMENT,
 ADMINISTER,  AND  ENFORCE  THE SYSTEM OF RENT REGULATION; AND IN TABULAR
 FORMAT, FOR EACH OF THE THREE FISCAL  YEARS  IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING  THE
 DATE THE REPORT IS DUE: (I) THE NUMBER OF RENT STABILIZED HOUSING ACCOM-
 MODATIONS WITHIN EACH COUNTY; (II) THE NUMBER OF RENT CONTROLLED HOUSING
 ACCOMMODATIONS  WITHIN EACH COUNTY; (III) THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR
 MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FILED WITH THE DIVISION, THE NUMBER  OF  SUCH
 APPLICATIONS  APPROVED  AS  SUBMITTED,  THE  NUMBER OF SUCH APPLICATIONS
 APPROVED  WITH  MODIFICATIONS,  AND  THE  NUMBER  OF  SUCH  APPLICATIONS
 REJECTED; (IV) THE MEDIAN AND MEAN VALUE OF APPLICATIONS FOR MAJOR CAPI-
 TAL IMPROVEMENTS APPROVED; (V) THE NUMBER OF UNITS WHICH WERE REGISTERED
 WITH THE DIVISION WHERE THE AMOUNT CHARGED TO AND PAID BY THE TENANT WAS
 LESS  THAN  THE  REGISTERED RENT FOR THE HOUSING ACCOMMODATION; (VI) FOR
 HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS THAT WERE REGISTERED WITH THE DIVISION WHERE  THE
 AMOUNT  CHARGED  TO  AND PAID BY THE TENANT WAS LESS THAN THE REGISTERED
 RENT FOR THE HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION,  THE  MEDIAN  AND  MEAN  DIFFERENCE
 BETWEEN  THE  REGISTERED RENT FOR A HOUSING ACCOMMODATION AND THE AMOUNT
 CHARGED TO AND PAID BY THE TENANT; (VII) THE MEDIAN AND MEAN  REGISTERED
 RENT  FOR  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATIONS FOR WHICH THE LEASE WAS RENEWED BY AN
 EXISTING TENANT; (VIII) THE MEDIAN AND MEAN REGISTERED RENT FOR  HOUSING
 ACCOMMODATIONS  FOR  WHICH  A  LEASE  WAS SIGNED BY A NEW TENANT AFTER A
 VACANCY; (IX) THE MEDIAN AND MEAN INCREASE, IN DOLLARS AND AS A PERCENT-
 AGE, IN THE REGISTERED RENT FOR HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS WHERE  THE  LEASE
 WAS  SIGNED  BY  A  NEW  TENANT AFTER A VACANCY; (X) THE MEDIAN AND MEAN
 INCREASE, IN DOLLARS AND AS A PERCENTAGE, IN  THE  REGISTERED  RENT  FOR
 HOUSING  ACCOMMODATIONS WHERE THE LEASE WAS SIGNED BY A NEW TENANT AFTER
 A VACANCY, WHERE THE AMOUNT CHANGED TO AND PAID BY THE PRIOR TENANT  WAS
 THE  FULL REGISTERED RENT; (XI) THE MEDIAN AND MEAN INCREASE, IN DOLLARS
 AND AS A PERCENTAGE, IN THE REGISTERED RENT FOR  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATIONS
 WHERE  THE  LEASE  WAS SIGNED BY A NEW TENANT AFTER A VACANCY, WHERE THE
 AMOUNT CHANGED TO AND PAID BY THE PRIOR TENANT WAS LESS THAN THE  REGIS-
 TERED  RENT; (XII) THE NUMBER OF RENT OVERCHARGE COMPLAINTS PROCESSED BY
 THE DIVISION; (XIII) THE NUMBER OF FINAL OVERCHARGE ORDERS  GRANTING  AN
 OVERCHARGE;  (XIV)  THE NUMBER OF INVESTIGATIONS COMMENCED BY THE TENANT
 PROTECTION UNIT,  THE  AGGREGATE  NUMBER  OF  RENT  STABILIZED  OR  RENT
 CONTROLLED  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATIONS IN EACH COUNTY THAT WERE THE SUBJECT
 OF SUCH INVESTIGATIONS, AND THE DISPOSITIONS OF SUCH INVESTIGATIONS.  AT
 THE TIME THE REPORT IS DUE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE
 GOVERNOR,  THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE AND THE MINORITY  LEADER  OF
 THE  ASSEMBLY, IN MACHINE READABLE FORMAT, THE DATA USED TO TABULATE THE
 FIGURES REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT, TAKING ANY  STEPS  NECES-
 SARY TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION REGARDING INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS,
 HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND TENANTS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.