Senate Bill S8887

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes tenant eligibility for certain housing accommodations

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development 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-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 - Summary

Prohibits persons whose income is greater than one hundred twenty-five percent of the area median income from occupying certain housing accommodations.

2023-S8887 - Sponsor Memo

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.
              

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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) - Summary

Prohibits persons whose income is greater than one hundred twenty-five percent of the area median income from occupying certain housing accommodations.

2023-S8887A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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