Assembly Bill A3713

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   3713
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. L. ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED, COLTON -- Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M. of A. COOK, GLICK, PERRY -- read once and  referred  to
   the Committee on Housing
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to the appointment of the rent guidelines board

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision a of section 26-510 of the administrative code
 of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
   a. There shall be a rent guidelines board to consist of nine  members,
 appointed  by the mayor. Two members shall be representative of tenants,
 two shall be representative of owners of property,  and  five  shall  be
 public  members  each of whom shall have had at least five years experi-
 ence in either finance, economics or housing. One public member shall be
 designated by the mayor to serve as chairman and  shall  hold  no  other
 public  office.  No  member,  officer  or employee of any municipal rent
 regulation agency or the state division of housing and community renewal
 and no person who owns or manages real estate covered by this law or who
 is an officer of any owner or tenant organization shall serve on a  rent
 guidelines  board.  One  public  member,  one  member  representative of
 tenants and one member representative of owners shall serve for  a  term
 ending  two  years  from January first next succeeding the date of their
 appointment; one public member, one member representative of tenants and
 one member representative of owners shall serve for terms  ending  three
 years  from the January first next succeeding the date of their appoint-
 ment and two public members shall serve for terms ending four years from
 January first next succeeding the dates of their appointment. The chair-
 man shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor.  Thereafter,  all  members
 shall  continue in office until their successors have been appointed and
 qualified. The mayor shall fill any vacancy which may occur by reason of
 death, resignation or otherwise in a manner consistent with the original
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 appointment.   WHEN A VACANCY OCCURS IN  THE  MEMBER  REPRESENTATIVE  OF
 TENANTS  POSITION,  THE MAYOR SHALL FILL SUCH VACANCY WITHIN SIXTY DAYS.
 THE BOARD SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM CONVENING ITS NEXT  REGULARLY  SCHED-
 ULED  MEETING  UNTIL  THE MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE OF TENANTS IS APPOINTED.
 ADDITIONALLY, THE BOARD SHALL NOT MEET UNTIL AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS  AFTER
 A MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE OF TENANTS IS APPOINTED. A member may be removed
 by  the  mayor  for cause, but not without an opportunity to be heard in
 person or by counsel, in his or her defense, upon not less than ten days
 notice.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
 ments  to  section 26-510 of chapter 4 of title 26 of the administrative
 code of the city of New York made by  section  one  of  this  act  shall
 expire  on  the  same  date as such law expires and shall not affect the
 expiration of such law as provided under section 26-520 of such law.