NY State Senate Bill S4367B

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 03, 2022	committed to rules
Jan 12, 2022	advanced to third reading amended 4367b
Jan 11, 2022	2nd report cal.
Jan 10, 2022	1st report cal.95
Jan 05, 2022	referred to investigations and government operations returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 09, 2021	referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 08, 2021	ordered to third reading cal.1636 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jun 02, 2021	print number 4367a
Jun 02, 2021	amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Feb 03, 2021	referred to investigations and government operations

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Jan 10, 2022 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

S4367A

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Jun 9, 2021 - floor Vote

S4367A

floor

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Jun 8, 2021 - Rules committee Vote

S4367A

committee

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Absent

Excused

Abstained

Bill Amendments

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S4367 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§103 & 104, Pub Off L

S4367 - Summary

Expands the public's ability to observe public bodies' meetings.

S4367 - Sponsor Memo

S4367 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4367
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation  to  expanding  the
   public's ability to observe public bodies' meetings

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 103 of the public officers  law,
 as  added  by  chapter  289  of  the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (c) A public body that uses videoconferencing to conduct its  meetings
 shall  provide  an  opportunity  for  the  public  to attend, listen and
 observe IN REAL TIME VIA BROADCAST, WEBCAST, OR  OTHERWISE  AND  at  any
 PUBLIC site at which a member participates.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03987-01-1

S4367A - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§103 & 104, Pub Off L

S4367A - Summary

Expands the public's ability to observe public bodies' meetings.

S4367A - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S4367A

SPONSOR: MAYER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to expanding the
public's ability to observe public bodies' meetings

 
PURPOSE:

This bill imposes penalties on property owners who fail to file a proper
or timely rent registration statement.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the opening paragraph of paragraph 1 of subdivision a
of section 12 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, consti-
tuting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, as
amended by chapter 116 of the law of 1997, to increase the penalty for a
rent overcharge of a rent-stabilized apartment from three times the
amount of the overcharge to up to five times the amount.

Section 2 amends the opening paragraph of subdivision a of section
26-516 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by
chapter 116 of the laws of 1997, to increase the penalty for a rent
overcharge of a rent-stabilized apartment from three times the amount of
the overcharge to up to five times the amount.

Section 3 sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to a recent investigation by ProPublica, close to 200,000
units of rent-stabilized apartments are not properly registered with the
state's Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), putting
hundreds of thousands of tenants at risk of being overcharged on their
rent or illegally evicted.

The investigation noted that "data provided to ProPublica by (DHCR3
which oversees rent-stabilized apartments shows that, as of 2014, New
York City had 839,797 rent-stabililzed apartments registered with the
state." Over the same time period, the New York City Department of Hous-
ing Preservation and Development (HPD) published a survey estimating
that there should be 1,029,918 rent-stabilized units in the city - a gap
that dwarfs the survey's 34,000 unit margin of error.

According to ProPublica, HPD's survey methodology attributes the gap
between their estimate and the number of registered rent-stabilized
units in part on the reduced penalties against landlords who treat
apartments that should be rent-stabilized as market rate.

This bill would increase the penalty for overcharging a rent-stabilized
tenant to up to five times the amount of the overcharge. As under
current law, a landlord could mitigate the civil penalty by demonstrat-
ing by a preponderance of the evidence that the overcharge was neither
willful nor attributable to his or her negligence.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.6454 of 2016 (Hoylman): Died in Housing, Construction & Community
Development

A.9192 of 2016 (Rosenthal): Died in Housing

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take effect immediately; provided that a. the amendments
to the opening paragraph of paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 12
of the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four shall
expire on the same date as such act expires and shall not affect the
expiration of such act as provided in section 17 of chapter 567 of the
laws of 1974; and b. the amendments to section 26-516 of chapter 4 of
title 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York made by
section two 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.

S4367A - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4367--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public officers law, in relation to expanding the
   public's ability to observe public bodies' meetings
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision (c) of section 103 of the public officers law,
 as added by chapter 289 of the laws of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (c)  A public body that uses videoconferencing to conduct its meetings
 shall provide an opportunity  for  the  public  to  attend,  listen  and
 observe at any PUBLIC site at which a member participates.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03987-02-1

S4367B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§103 & 104, Pub Off L

S4367B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the public's ability to observe public bodies' meetings.

S4367B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4367B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4367--B
     Cal. No. 95
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
   reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted
   to the  Committee  on  Investigations  and  Government  Operations  in
   accordance  with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
   committee, ordered to first  and  second  report,  amended  on  second
   report,  ordered  to  a third reading, and to be reprinted as amended,
   retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation  to  expanding  the
   public's ability to observe public bodies' meetings
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 103 of the public officers  law,
 as  added  by  chapter  289  of  the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (c) A public body that uses videoconferencing to conduct its  meetings
 shall  provide  an  opportunity  for  the  public  to attend, listen and
 observe at any PUBLIC site at which a member participates.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 104 of the public officers law, as added
 by chapter 289 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   4. If videoconferencing is used  to  conduct  a  meeting,  the  public
 notice  for  the  meeting shall inform the public that videoconferencing
 will be used, identify the PUBLIC locations for the meeting,  and  state
 that  the  public  has  the  right  to  attend the meeting at any of the
 locations.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03987-04-1

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Jan 10, 2022 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

Committee Vote: Jan 10, 2022

Jun 9, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 9, 2021

Jun 8, 2021 - Rules committee Vote

Committee Vote: Jun 8, 2021

Bill Amendments

S4367 - Details

S4367 - Summary

S4367 - Sponsor Memo

S4367 - Bill Text download pdf

S4367A - Details

S4367A - Summary

S4367A - Sponsor Memo

S4367A - Bill Text download pdf

S4367B (ACTIVE) - Details

S4367B (ACTIVE) - Summary

S4367B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4367B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Shelley B. Mayer

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

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Votes

Jan 10, 2022 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

Committee Vote: Jan 10, 2022

Jun 9, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 9, 2021

Jun 8, 2021 - Rules committee Vote

Committee Vote: Jun 8, 2021

Bill Amendments

S4367 - Details

S4367 - Summary

S4367 - Sponsor Memo

S4367 - Bill Text download pdf

S4367A - Details

S4367A - Summary

S4367A - Sponsor Memo

S4367A - Bill Text download pdf

S4367B (ACTIVE) - Details

S4367B (ACTIVE) - Summary

S4367B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4367B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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