S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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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.