Assembly Bill A6994

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the appointment of the rent guidelines board member representative of tenants

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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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2013-A6994 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §26-510, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A684
2017-2018: A4169
2019-2020: A1472
2021-2022: A3713
2023-2024: A3813

2013-A6994 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the appointment of the rent guidelines board; requires a member representative of tenants to be appointed no later than 30 days after a vacancy; prohibits meetings until such time.

2013-A6994 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6994

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 29, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROSENTHAL, ROSA, GOTTFRIED, MILLMAN, ROBINSON,
  COLTON, BARRON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, COOK,  GLICK,
  MOSLEY, PERRY, SEPULVEDA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Housing

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
  relation to the appointment of the rent guidelines board

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision a of section 26-510 of the administrative code
of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
  a. There shall be a rent guidelines board to consist of nine  members,
appointed  by the mayor. Two members shall be representative of tenants,
two shall be representative of owners of property,  and  five  shall  be
public  members  each of whom shall have had at least five years experi-
ence in either finance, economics or housing. One public member shall be
designated by the mayor to serve as chairman and  shall  hold  no  other
public  office.  No  member,  officer  or employee of any municipal rent
regulation agency or the state division of housing and community renewal
and no person who owns or manages real estate covered by this law or who
is an officer of any owner or tenant organization shall serve on a  rent
guidelines  board.  One  public  member,  one  member  representative of
tenants and one member representative of owners shall serve for  a  term
ending  two  years  from January first next succeeding the date of their
appointment; one public member, one member representative of tenants and
one member representative of owners shall serve for terms  ending  three
years  from the January first next succeeding the date of their appoint-
ment and two public members shall serve for terms ending four years from
January first next succeeding the dates of their appointment. The chair-
man shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor.  Thereafter,  all  members
shall  continue in office until their successors have been appointed and
qualified. The mayor shall fill any vacancy which may occur by reason of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10216-02-3
              

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