Senate Bill S3703

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to not-for-profits' use of certain residential dwellings

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  • 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-S3703 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7115
Law Section:
Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6653, A8263
2021-2022: S2843

2019-S3703 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to not-for-profits' use of certain residential dwellings for individuals who are or were homeless or at risk of homelessness.

2019-S3703 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3703 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3703
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  KAVANAGH,  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 emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven-
   ty-four, in relation to not-for-profits' use  of  certain  residential
   dwellings

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs 10 and 11 of  subdivision  a  of  section  5  of
 section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency
 tenant  protection act of nineteen seventy-four, paragraph 11 as amended
 by chapter 422 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows:
   (10) housing accommodations  in  buildings  operated  exclusively  for
 charitable purposes on a non-profit basis EXCEPT FOR PERMANENT OR TEMPO-
 RARY HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS PROVIDED, AS OF AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE
 OF  THE  CHAPTER  OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN THAT AMENDED THIS
 PARAGRAPH, TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OR WERE HOMELESS OR AT RISK  OF  HOME-
 LESSNESS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT TERMS OF LEASES IN EXISTENCE AS OF THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN THAT
 AMENDED THIS PARAGRAPH, SHALL NOT BE AFFECTED, AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT
 UPON THE VACANCY OF SUCH HOUSING  ACCOMMODATIONS,  THE  LEGAL  REGULATED
 RENT  FOR  SUCH HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS SHALL BE THE LEGAL REGULATED RENT
 PAID FOR SUCH HOUSING ACCOMMODATION BY THE PRIOR TENANT, SUBJECT ONLY TO
 ANY ADJUSTMENT ADOPTED BY THE APPLICABLE RENT GUIDELINES BOARD;
   (11) housing accommodations which are not occupied by the tenant,  not
 including  subtenants  or occupants, as his or her primary residence, as
 determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.  For  the  purposes  of
 determining  primary  residency,  a  tenant  who is a victim of domestic
 violence, as defined in section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the  social
 services  law,  who  has left the unit because of such violence, and who
 asserts an intent to return to the housing accommodation shall be deemed
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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