Assembly Bill A10623

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the replacement of certain rent stabilized housing accommodations

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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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2021-A10623 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8237
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §4, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L; amd §5, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; add §§26-417 & 26-512.1, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7993, S203

2021-A10623 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires rent stabilized housing accommodations lost or destroyed due to fire, natural disaster, act of God, act of war or eminent domain, to be replaced in any succeeding construction on the same parcel.

2021-A10623 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10623
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 6, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. L. Rosen-
   thal) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city  of  New  York,  the
   emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emer-
   gency  housing rent control law, in relation to requiring the replace-
   ment of certain rent stabilized housing accommodations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 4 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1946, constituting
 the emergency housing rent control law,  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 2-c to read as follows:
   2-C.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE A
 HOUSING ACCOMMODATION SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT IS  LOST  OR
 DESTROYED  DUE  TO  FIRE,  NATURAL  DISASTER,  ACT OF GOD, ACT OF WAR OR
 EMINENT DOMAIN, SUCH HOUSING ACCOMMODATION  SHALL  BE  REPLACED  IN  ANY
 SUCCEEDING  CONSTRUCTION  ON  THE  SAME PARCEL. SUCH REPLACEMENT HOUSING
 ACCOMMODATION SHALL BE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE LOST HOUSING  ACCOM-
 MODATION AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT WITH A MAXI-
 MUM  RENT THAT IS EQUAL TO THE MAXIMUM RENT OF THE LOST HOUSING ACCOMMO-
 DATION.
   § 2. Section 5 of section 4 of  chapter  576  of  the  laws  of  1974,
 constituting  the  emergency  tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-
 four, is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows:
   G. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE A HOUS-
 ING ACCOMMODATION SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ACT  IS  LOST  OR
 DESTROYED  DUE  TO  FIRE,  NATURAL  DISASTER,  ACT OF GOD, ACT OF WAR OR
 EMINENT DOMAIN, SUCH HOUSING ACCOMMODATION  SHALL  BE  REPLACED  IN  ANY
 SUCCEEDING  CONSTRUCTION  ON  THE  SAME PARCEL. SUCH REPLACEMENT HOUSING
 ACCOMMODATION SHALL BE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE LOST HOUSING  ACCOM-
 MODATION  AND  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT WITH AN
 INITIAL MAXIMUM RENT THAT IS EQUAL TO THE MAXIMUM RENT OF THE LOST HOUS-
 ING ACCOMMODATION.
   § 3. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
 adding a new section 26-417 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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