Assembly Bill A4886

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to eligibility requirements for rent increase exemptions for persons with disabilities

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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-A4886 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §26-601, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10043
2019-2020: A6615
2023-2024: A4378

2021-A4886 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to eligibility requirements for rent increase exemptions for persons with disabilities; includes children who qualify as a person with a disability.

2021-A4886 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4886
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DE LA ROSA,  CRUZ,  GRIFFIN -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to eligibility requirements for rent increase exemptions for
   persons with disabilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision d of section 26-601 of the administrative code
 of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 39 of  the  city
 of New York for the year 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  "Eligible  head of the household" means (1) a person or his or her
 spouse who is sixty-two years of age or older, or (2) A PERSON,  HIS  OR
 HER SPOUSE OR HIS OR HER CHILD who qualifies as a person with a disabil-
 ity  pursuant  to  section 26-617 of this chapter and is entitled to the
 possession or to the use and occupancy of  a  dwelling  unit,  provided,
 however, that with respect to a dwelling which was subject to a mortgage
 insured  or  initially  insured  by  the  federal government pursuant to
 section two hundred thirteen of the national housing  act,  as  amended,
 "eligible  head  of the household" shall be limited to that person [or],
 his or her spouse OR HIS OR HER CHILD  IF  SUCH  CHILD  QUALIFIES  AS  A
 PERSON WITH A DISABILITY PURSUANT TO SECTION 26-617 OF THIS CHAPTER, who
 was  entitled  to  possession  or the use and occupancy of such dwelling
 unit at the time of termination of such mortgage, and whose income  when
 combined  with  the  income  of all other members of the household whose
 head of household is sixty-two years of age or  older  does  not  exceed
 twenty-five  thousand  dollars  beginning July first, two thousand five,
 twenty-six thousand dollars beginning  July  first,  two  thousand  six,
 twenty-seven  thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand seven,
 twenty-eight thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand  eight,
 twenty-nine  thousand  dollars  beginning July first, two thousand nine,
 and fifty thousand dollars beginning July first, two  thousand  fourteen
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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