Senate Bill S711

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Expands eligibility requirements for rent increase exemptions for persons with disabilities

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • 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-S711 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §26-601, NYC Ad Cd

2023-S711 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands eligibility requirements for rent increase exemptions for persons with disabilities; includes children who qualify as a person with a disability.

2023-S711 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S711 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    711
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to eligibility requirements for rent increase exemptions  for
   persons with disabilities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision d of section 26-601 of the administrative  code
 of  the  city of New York, as amended by local law number 39 of the city
 of New York for the year 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   d. "Eligible head of the household" means (1) a person or his  or  her
 spouse  who  is sixty-two years of age or older, or (2) A PERSON, HIS OR
 HER SPOUSE OR HIS OR HER CHILD who qualifies as a person with a disabil-
 ity pursuant to section 26-617 of this chapter and is  entitled  to  the
 possession  or  to  the  use and occupancy of a dwelling unit, provided,
 however, that with respect to a dwelling which was subject to a mortgage
 insured or initially insured  by  the  federal  government  pursuant  to
 section  two  hundred  thirteen of the national housing act, as amended,
 "eligible head of the household" shall be limited to that  person  [or],
 his  or  her  spouse  OR  HIS  OR HER CHILD IF SUCH CHILD QUALIFIES AS A
 PERSON WITH A DISABILITY PURSUANT TO SECTION 26-617 OF THIS CHAPTER, who
 was entitled to possession or the use and  occupancy  of  such  dwelling
 unit  at the time of termination of such mortgage, and whose income when
 combined with the income of all other members  of  the  household  whose
 head  of  household  is  sixty-two years of age or older does not exceed
 twenty-five thousand dollars beginning July first,  two  thousand  five,
 twenty-six  thousand  dollars  beginning  July  first, two thousand six,
 twenty-seven thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand  seven,
 twenty-eight  thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand eight,
 twenty-nine thousand dollars beginning July first,  two  thousand  nine,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03626-01-3
              

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