Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 26, 2024 |
print number 8887a |
Mar 26, 2024 |
amend and recommit to housing, construction and community development |
Mar 25, 2024 |
referred to housing, construction and community development |
Senate Bill S8887
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 7th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 5th Senate District
2023-S8887 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
- Law Section:
- Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §10, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §10, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L; add §26-418, amd §26-512, NYC Ad Cd
2023-S8887 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8887 SPONSOR: MARTINS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven- ty-four, the emergency housing rent control law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing tenant eligi- bility for certain housing accommodations PURPOSE: To reform the rent-regulated housing system by implementing means-test- ing. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends the laws constituting the emergency tenant protection act by adding tenant eligibility provisions, including income limits. Section 2. Amends the laws constituting the emergency housing rent control law by adding tenant eligibility provisions, including income
2023-S8887 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8887 I N S E N A T E March 25, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- 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 emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven- ty-four, the emergency housing rent control law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing tenant eligibility for certain housing accommodations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 10 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy- four, is amended by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows: D. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY PERSON, OR PERSONS, WHOSE INCOME EXCEEDS ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO OCCUPY ANY HOUSING ACCOMMODATION SUBJECT TO THIS ACT. (1) THE DIVISION OF HOMES AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THIS SUBDIVISION, PROVIDED HOWEVER, SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE HOLDING THE OWNER, OR SUCH OWNER'S AGENT, OF THE HOUSING ACCOMMODATION HARMLESS FOR ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION. (2) A TENANT FOUND BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO HAVE WILL- FULLY VIOLATED THIS SUBDIVISION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BY PROVIDING THE OWNER, OR SUCH OWNER'S AGENT FALSE INCOME DOCUMENTATION IN AN EFFORT TO OBTAIN TENANCY OF THE HOUSING ACCOMMODATION, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY OF ILLEGAL OCCUPANCY, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT A TENANT WHO CURRENTLY OCCU- PIES A HOUSING ACCOMMODATION SUBJECT TO THIS ACT, AND WHOSE INCOME EXCEEDS THE THRESHOLD PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM CIVIL PENALTIES AND SHALL NOT BE EVICTED ON THE GROUNDS OF A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS FROM THE DATE OF EXECUTION OF THE MOST RECENT LEASE AGREEMENT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION. AFTER A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS FROM THE DATE OF EXECUTION OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT, CONTINUED VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION BY THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 57th Senate District
(R, C) 5th Senate District
(R) 39th Senate District
2023-S8887A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
- Law Section:
- Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §10, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §10, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L; add §26-418, amd §26-512, NYC Ad Cd
2023-S8887A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8887A SPONSOR: MARTINS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven- ty-four, the emergency housing rent control law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing tenant eligi- bility for certain housing accommodations PURPOSE: To reform the rent-regulated housing system by implementing means-test- ing. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends the laws constituting the emergency tenant protection act by adding tenant eligibility provisions, including income limits. Section 2. Amends the laws constituting the emergency housing rent control law by adding tenant eligibility provisions, including income
2023-S8887A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8887--A I N S E N A T E March 25, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MARTINS, RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven- ty-four, the emergency housing rent control law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing tenant eligibility for certain housing accommodations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 10 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy- four, is amended by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows: D. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY PERSON, OR PERSONS, WHOSE INCOME EXCEEDS ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO OCCUPY ANY HOUSING ACCOMMODATION SUBJECT TO THIS ACT. (1) THE DIVISION OF HOMES AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THIS SUBDIVISION, PROVIDED HOWEVER, SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE HOLDING THE OWNER, OR SUCH OWNER'S AGENT, OF THE HOUSING ACCOMMODATION HARMLESS FOR ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION. (2) A TENANT FOUND BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO HAVE WILL- FULLY VIOLATED THIS SUBDIVISION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BY PROVIDING THE OWNER, OR SUCH OWNER'S AGENT FALSE INCOME DOCUMENTATION IN AN EFFORT TO OBTAIN TENANCY OF THE HOUSING ACCOMMODATION, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY OF ILLEGAL OCCUPANCY, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT A TENANT WHO CURRENTLY OCCU- PIES A HOUSING ACCOMMODATION SUBJECT TO THIS ACT, AND WHOSE INCOME EXCEEDS THE THRESHOLD PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM CIVIL PENALTIES AND SHALL NOT BE EVICTED ON THE GROUNDS OF A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION FOR THE DURATION OF THE MOST RECENT LEASE AGREEMENT EXECUTED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION. AFTER THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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