Assembly Bill A8920

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the adjustment of maximum allowable rent where any modification, increase or improvement is made to accommodate the needs of a disabled tenant

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A8920 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8175
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §§26-405 & 26-511, NYC Ad Cd; amd §6, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §4, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9814
2017-2018: A1937
2019-2020: A917, A5629
2021-2022: A2540, A5882

2023-A8920 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the adjustment of maximum allowable rent where any modification, increase or improvement is made to accommodate the needs of a disabled tenant; defines disabled tenant.

2023-A8920 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8920
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMONE, DINOWITZ, KELLES, SHIMSKY, COLTON, ALVA-
   REZ, RIVERA, EPSTEIN, DeSTEFANO, AUBRY,  TAYLOR,  WALKER,  CUNNINGHAM,
   RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the administrative code of the city of New York, the
   emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emer-
   gency housing rent control law, in relation to prohibiting the adjust-
   ment of maximum allowable rent where  any  modification,  increase  or
   improvement is made to accommodate the needs of a disabled tenant
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (e) of paragraph 1 of subdivision g of section
 26-405 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by
 section 20 of part Q of chapter 39 of the laws of 2019,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (e)  The  landlord  and  tenant  by mutual voluntary written agreement
 demonstrating informed  consent  agree  to  a  substantial  increase  or
 decrease  in  dwelling  space  or  a change in furniture, furnishings or
 equipment provided in the housing accommodations.  An  adjustment  under
 this subparagraph shall be equal to one-one hundred sixty-eighth, in the
 case  of  a building with thirty-five or fewer housing accommodations or
 one-one hundred eightieth in the case of a building with more than thir-
 ty-five housing accommodations where  such  temporary  adjustment  takes
 effect on or after the effective date of [the] chapter THIRTY-SIX of the
 laws  of  two thousand nineteen [that amended this subparagraph], of the
 total actual cost incurred by the landlord in providing such  reasonable
 and  verifiable  modification  or increase in dwelling space, furniture,
 furnishings, or  equipment,  including  the  cost  of  installation  but
 excluding  finance  charges  and  any costs that exceed reasonable costs
 established by rules and regulations  promulgated  by  the  division  of
 housing and community renewal. Such rules and regulations shall include:
 (i) requirements for work to be done by licensed contractors and prohib-
 it  common  ownership between the landlord and the contractor or vendor;
 and (ii) a requirement that the owner resolve within the dwelling  space
 all  outstanding  hazardous  or  immediately hazardous violations of the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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