Directs the division of housing and community renewal shall conduct a study on the demographics of tenants living in rent-stabilized apartments in Nassau, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, and in the City of Kingston; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
February 12, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. P. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Housing
AN ACT to direct the division of housing and community renewal conduct a
study on the demographics of tenants living in rent-stabilized apart-
ments in Nassau, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, and in the City
of Kingston; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expi-
ration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. 1. The division of housing and community renewal shall
conduct a study on the demographics of tenants living in rent-stabilized
apartments in Nassau, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, and in the
City of Kingston. The report shall report the following demographics:
(a) income;
(b) race;
(c) ethnicity;
(d) the ages of the residents of the apartment;
(e) the gender or genders of the residents of the apartment;
(f) whether children are in the apartment, and, if so, the ages of the
children; and
(g) the length of tenancy within the apartment at the time of the
study.
2. Results of the study shall be reported by county or city, as appli-
cable.
3. Upon the conclusion of the study, the division of housing and
community renewal shall issue a report on the results of the study to
the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of
the senate, and the chairs of the senate housing, construction and
community development committee and the assembly committee on housing.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027, and shall expire and
be deemed repealed thirty days after the delivery of the report
described in section one of this act. The commissioner of the division
of housing and community renewal shall notify the legislative bill
drafting commission upon the occurrence of the delivery of the report
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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