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                                   3332
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
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 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the  emer-
   gency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, the public hous-
   ing  law  and  the  administrative  code  of the city of New York,  in
   relation to establishing a database of the complete  rental  histories
   of  rent  stabilized  buildings  in  cities  with  a population of one
   million or more
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision g of section 12-a of section 4 of chapter 576
 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of
 nineteen seventy-four, as added by chapter 403 of the laws of  1983,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   g.  (1) Within a city having a population of one million or more, each
 housing accommodation subject to this act shall be registered  with  the
 state  division of housing and community renewal as shall be provided in
 the New York city rent stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine.
   (2) THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL,  ON  OR
 BEFORE  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, ESTABLISH AND
 THEREAFTER MAINTAIN  ON  ITS  WEBSITE  A  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  DATABASE
 CONTAINING  THE  COMPLETE  RENTAL  HISTORY OF EACH HOUSING ACCOMMODATION
 REGISTERED WITH THE STATE  DIVISION  OF  HOUSING  AND  COMMUNITY RENEWAL
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AS PROVIDED  IN  SUBDIVI-
 SION THREE OF SECTION TWENTY OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW AND SUBDIVISION H
 OF  SECTION  26-517  OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH  DATABASE  SHALL  NOT  CONTAIN  INFORMATION
 RELATIVE  TO  A  TENANT,  OWNER,  LESSOR OR SUBTENANT NOR SHALL ANY SUCH
 INFORMATION BE MADE AVAILABLE OR ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC  THROUGH  SUCH
 DATABASE. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNI-
 TY  RENEWAL  SHALL PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS SUCH COMMIS-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 SIONER DEEMS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  NO SUCH RULES OR REGULATIONS SHALL BE ADOPTED
 UNLESS ONE OR MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS SHALL HAVE BEEN  HELD  PRIOR  TO  THE
 ADOPTION THEREOF.
   §  2.  Section 20 of the public housing law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. THE DIVISION SHALL, ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-FOUR,  ESTABLISH  AND THEREAFTER MAINTAIN ON THE DIVISION'S
 WEBSITE A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DATABASE CONTAINING  THE  COMPLETE  RENTAL
 HISTORY OF EACH HOUSING ACCOMMODATION REGISTERED WITH THE DIVISION WITH-
 IN  A  CITY  HAVING  A  POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE AS PROVIDED IN
 PARAGRAPH TWO OF SUBDIVISION G OF SECTION TWELVE-A OF  SECTION  FOUR  OF
 CHAPTER  FIVE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR
 AND SUBDIVISION H OF SECTION 26-517 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE  CODE  OF  THE
 CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH DATABASE SHALL NOT
 CONTAIN INFORMATION RELATIVE TO A TENANT, OWNER, LESSOR OR SUBTENANT NOR
 SHALL ANY SUCH INFORMATION BE MADE AVAILABLE OR ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC
 THROUGH SUCH DATABASE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE SUCH RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS  AS  SUCH  COMMISSIONER  DEEMS  NECESSARY  TO  IMPLEMENT THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO SUCH RULES OR
 REGULATIONS SHALL BE ADOPTED UNLESS ONE OR MORE  PUBLIC  HEARINGS  SHALL
 HAVE BEEN HELD PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION THEREOF.
   § 3. Section 26-517 of the administrative code of the city of New York
 is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
   H.  THE  STATE  DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL, ON OR
 BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR,  ESTABLISH  AND
 THEREAFTER  MAINTAIN  ON  ITS  WEBSITE  A  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE DATABASE
 CONTAINING THE COMPLETE RENTAL HISTORY  OF  EACH  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION
 REGISTERED WITH THE STATE  DIVISION  OF  HOUSING  AND  COMMUNITY RENEWAL
 PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVI-
 SION THREE OF SECTION TWENTY OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW AND PARAGRAPH TWO
 OF SUBDIVISION G OF SECTION TWELVE-A OF SECTION  FOUR  OF  CHAPTER  FIVE
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-SIX  OF  THE  LAWS  OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR, PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT SUCH DATABASE SHALL NOT CONTAIN INFORMATION RELATIVE TO  A
 TENANT,  OWNER,  LESSOR  OR  SUBTENANT NOR SHALL ANY SUCH INFORMATION BE
 MADE AVAILABLE OR ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH  SUCH  DATABASE.  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  STATE  DIVISION  OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL
 SHALL PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS SUCH  COMMISSIONER  DEEMS
 NECESSARY  TO  IMPLEMENT  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS PARAGRAPH, PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT NO SUCH RULES OR REGULATIONS SHALL BE ADOPTED  UNLESS  ONE
 OR MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS SHALL HAVE BEEN HELD PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION THER-
 EOF.
   § 4. Subdivision g of section 26-516 of the administrative code of the
 city of New York, as amended by section 5 of part F of chapter 36 of the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   g.  Except where a specific provision of this law requires the mainte-
 nance of rent records for a longer  period,  including  records  of  the
 useful  life  of  improvements  made to any housing accommodation or any
 building, any owner who has  duly  registered  a  housing  accommodation
 pursuant  to  section  26-517  of  this chapter shall not be required to
 maintain or produce any records relating to  rentals  of  such  accommo-
 dation  for more than six years prior to the most recent registration or
 annual statement for such accommodation. However,  an  owner's  election
 not to maintain records shall not limit the authority of the division of
 housing  and  community  renewal  and  the  courts to examine the rental
 history and determine legal regulated rents pursuant  to  this  section.
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 NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL LIMIT THE AUTHORITY OF THE DIVISION OF
 HOUSING  AND  COMMUNITY  RENEWAL  TO  MAINTAIN  THE DATABASE OF COMPLETE
 RENTAL HISTORIES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION H OF SECTION 26-517
 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
 ments to chapter 4 of title 26 of the administrative code of the city of
 New York made by sections three and four 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.