Assembly Bill A9783A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the status of an interim multiple dwelling unit as a protected occupant's primary residence

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A9783 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §286, Mult Dwell L

2023-A9783 - Summary

Relates to the determination of the status of an interim multiple dwelling unit as a protected occupant's primary residence by the loft board or a court of competent jurisdiction, or by registration of with the loft board; provides factors for consideration for such findings; restores certain landlord-tenant relationships severed prior to the effective date.

2023-A9783 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9783
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 9, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to coverage of  a
   unit  or  occupant and the status of an interim multiple dwelling unit
   as a protected occupant's primary residence
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Legislative  findings.  The  legislature hereby finds and
 declares that the findings in section 280 of the multiple  dwelling  law
 are  reaffirmed;  that  the  decision from the Appellate Division, First
 Department, in ONE DOUBLE NINE DASHING LLC V NEW YORK CITY LOFT BOARD ET
 AL. (2022) misinterpreted  the  relationship  of  primary  residence  to
 continued  occupancy  of potential protected occupants under article 7-C
 of the multiple dwelling law; that the unique  illegal  living  arrange-
 ments of potential protected occupants prior to loft law coverage, with-
 out rent and eviction protections and without the applicability of mini-
 mum  housing  maintenance  standards, necessitates a regulatory approach
 which is not always the same as for other rent-regulated  tenants;  that
 the loft board properly concluded that the primary residence requirement
 in  the  statute is prospective from a determination of unit coverage or
 from registration of the unit with the loft board; that the  loft  board
 properly  considered  all relevant evidence and rejected a position that
 statements on tax returns alone are dispositive in making determinations
 regarding primary residence; that prior to DASHING  (2022)  neither  the
 courts  nor  the loft board has looked at statements made on tax returns
 as controlling when evaluating issues  of  primary  residence  for  loft
 tenants;  that  most  loft tenants use for business purposes significant
 portions of their lofts, which the loft law envisions as being legalized
 and covered as joint live/work spaces; and that it is necessary for  the
 legislature  to  correct  the misinterpretation in DASHING (2022) and to
 clarify, and to codify in the law, what has been loft board  policy  and
 precedent  based  on  the  current  law,  loft board rules, and the loft
 board's delegated expertise for evaluating primary residence  of  poten-
 tial protected occupants in possible interim multiple dwelling units.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2023-A9783A - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §286, Mult Dwell L

2023-A9783A - Summary

Relates to the determination of the status of an interim multiple dwelling unit as a protected occupant's primary residence by the loft board or a court of competent jurisdiction, or by registration of with the loft board; provides factors for consideration for such findings; restores certain landlord-tenant relationships severed prior to the effective date.

2023-A9783A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9783--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 9, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to the status  of
   an  interim  multiple  dwelling unit as a protected occupant's primary
   residence

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings.  The  legislature hereby finds and
 declares that the findings in section 280 of the multiple  dwelling  law
 are  reaffirmed;  that  the  decision from the Appellate Division, First
 Department, in ONE DOUBLE NINE DASHING LLC V NEW YORK CITY LOFT BOARD ET
 AL. (2022) misinterpreted  the  relationship  of  primary  residence  to
 continued  occupancy  of potential protected occupants under article 7-C
 of the multiple dwelling law; that the unique  illegal  living  arrange-
 ments of potential protected occupants prior to loft law coverage, with-
 out rent and eviction protections and without the applicability of mini-
 mum  housing  maintenance  standards, necessitates a regulatory approach
 which is not always the same as for other rent-regulated  tenants;  that
 the loft board properly concluded that the primary residence requirement
 in the statute is prospective from an application for protected occupan-
 cy  or  from registration of the unit with the loft board; that the loft
 board properly considered all relevant evidence and rejected a  position
 that  statements on tax returns alone are determinative in making deter-
 minations regarding primary residence;  that  prior  to  DASHING  (2022)
 neither  the  courts nor the loft board has looked at statements made on
 tax returns as controlling when evaluating issues of  primary  residence
 for  loft  tenants;  that  most  loft  tenants use for business purposes
 significant portions of their lofts, which the  loft  law  envisions  as
 being  legalized  and  covered as joint live/work spaces; and that it is
 necessary for the legislature to correct the misinterpretation in  DASH-
 ING  (2022) and to clarify, and to codify in the law, what has been loft
 board policy and precedent based on the current law, loft  board  rules,
 and  the  loft  board's delegated expertise for evaluating primary resi-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2023-A9783B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §286, Mult Dwell L

2023-A9783B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the determination of the status of an interim multiple dwelling unit as a protected occupant's primary residence by the loft board or a court of competent jurisdiction, or by registration of with the loft board; provides factors for consideration for such findings; restores certain landlord-tenant relationships severed prior to the effective date.

2023-A9783B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9783--B
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 9, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from  said
   committee  with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommit-
   ted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to the status  of
   an  interim  multiple  dwelling unit as a protected occupant's primary
   residence
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings.  The  legislature hereby finds and
 declares that the findings in section 280 of the multiple  dwelling  law
 are  reaffirmed;  that  the  decision from the Appellate Division, First
 Department, in ONE DOUBLE NINE DASHING LLC V NEW YORK CITY LOFT BOARD ET
 AL. (2022) misinterpreted  the  relationship  of  primary  residence  to
 continued  occupancy  of potential protected occupants under article 7-C
 of the multiple dwelling law; that the unique  illegal  living  arrange-
 ments of potential protected occupants prior to loft law coverage, with-
 out rent and eviction protections and without the applicability of mini-
 mum  housing  maintenance  standards, necessitates a regulatory approach
 which is not always the same as for other rent-regulated  tenants;  that
 the loft board properly concluded that the primary residence requirement
 in the statute is prospective from an application for protected occupan-
 cy  or  from registration of the unit with the loft board; that the loft
 board properly considered all relevant evidence and rejected a  position
 that  statements on tax returns alone are determinative in making deter-
 minations regarding primary residence;  that  prior  to  DASHING  (2022)
 neither  the  courts nor the loft board has looked at statements made on
 tax returns as controlling when evaluating issues of  primary  residence
 for  loft  tenants;  that  most  loft  tenants use for business purposes
 portions of their lofts, which the loft law envisions as being legalized
 and covered as joint live/work spaces, so long as the residential use is
 the primary use of the unit; and that it is necessary for  the  legisla-
 ture  to correct the misinterpretation in DASHING (2022) and to clarify,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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