NY State Senate Bill 2021-S3325

Senate Bill S3325

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to publish on its website a database of major capital improvements

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 26, 2022	reported and committed to finance
Jan 05, 2022	referred to housing, construction and community development
Jan 28, 2021	referred to housing, construction and community development

Votes

- Apr 26, 2022 - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote
  S3325
  
  8
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee Vote: Apr 26, 2022
      
      aye (8)
      
      Brisport
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Mannion
      
      Myrie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      nay (1)
      
      Boyle
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Helming
      
      Martucci

2021-S3325 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2108
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Add §260-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A9981
2011-2012: S3257, A1459
2013-2014: S2217, A699
2015-2016: S3845, A554
2017-2018: S3884, A2273
2019-2020: S5691, A1298
2023-2024: S2363, A589
2025-2026: S1437

2021-S3325 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to publish on its website a database of building-wide major capital improvements installed by landlords in every city of more than one million inhabitants.

2021-S3325 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3325

SPONSOR: RIVERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the division
of housing and community renewal to establish a publicly accessible
online database of building-wide major capital improvements

 
PURPOSE:

This bill requires the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR)
to maintain a searchable online database of building-wide major capital
improvements (MCIs).

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one amends the executive law by adding a new section 260-a to
require DHCR to publish an online database for all MCI applications in
cities with a population of 1 million or more that includes the cost,
make and model, where the item was purchased, name of company or indi-

vidual installing item, and cost of installation.

Section two establishes that this law shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Major capital improvements permanently raise rents for regulated tenants
and are often fraudulently filed or used as a tool of displacement by
landlords. By storing basic MCI information, most of which is already
collected by DHCR in an accessible online database, tenants will be
empowered to fact check MCI information filed by their landlord. This
bill will offer tenants an effective deterrent against fraud and give
them the information necessary to verify the accuracy of their rent
increases.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-2020: S5691/A1298 Rosenthal L

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Since the Division of Housing and Community Renewal already maintains a
website, the additional cost posed by this feature should be extremely
minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take effect immediately.

2021-S3325 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3325
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- 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 executive law, in relation to requiring the division
   of  housing  and  community renewal to establish a publicly accessible
   online database of building-wide major capital improvements
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 260-a
 to read as follows:
   § 260-A. MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DATABASE. THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUS-
 ING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL PUBLISH ON THE DIVISION OF  HOUSING  AND
 COMMUNITY  RENEWAL  WEBSITE  A  DATABASE  OF BUILDING-WIDE MAJOR CAPITAL
 IMPROVEMENTS INSTALLED BY ANY LANDLORD IN EVERY CITY WITH  A  POPULATION
 OF  MORE  THAN  ONE  MILLION INHABITANTS. SUCH DATABASE SHALL INCLUDE AN
 ENTRY THAT DESCRIBES THE ITEM OR REPAIR, INCLUDING:
   1. THE COST;
   2. MAKE AND MODEL;
   3. WHERE THE ITEM WAS PURCHASED;
   4. THE NAME OF COMPANY OR INDIVIDUAL CONDUCTING THE INSTALLATION; AND
   5. THE INSTALLATION COST.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00790-01-1

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