Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to infrastructure and capital investment |
Feb 01, 2013 |
committee discharged and committed to infrastructure and capital investment |
Jan 14, 2013 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S2217
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Infrastructure And Capital Investment 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
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2013-S2217 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A699
- Current Committee:
- Senate Infrastructure And Capital Investment
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง260-a, Exec L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A9981
2011-2012: S3257, A1459
2015-2016: S3845, A554
2017-2018: S3884, A2273
2019-2020: S5691, A1298
2021-2022: S3325, A2108
2023-2024: S2363, A589
2013-S2217 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2217 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the division of housing and community renewal to establish a publicly accessible online database of building-wide major capital improvements PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this legislation is to require the Division of Housing and Community Renewal to maintain a searchable online database of building-wide major capital improvements. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: The bill will add section 260-a of the of the executive law to require the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal to publish on the DHCR website a database of building-wide major capital improvements installed by any landlord in every city with a population of more than one million inhabitants. This database will include the item's cost, make and model, location of purchase, name of person or company conducting the installation and the installation cost. JUSTIFICATION: Major capital improvements permanently raise monthly rates for rent-controlled or stabilized tenants and are often fraudulently tiled by landlords to collect increases. By storing basic MCI informational, most of which is already collected by DHCR in an accessible online database, tenants will be empowered to check if the
2013-S2217 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2217 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 14, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ESPAILLAT, KRUEGER, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the division of housing and community renewal to establish a publicly accessible online database of building-wide major capital improvements THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 260-a to read as follows: S 260-A. MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DATABASE. THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUS- ING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL PUBLISH ON THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL WEBSITE A DATABASE OF BUILDING-WIDE MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS INSTALLED BY ANY LANDLORD IN EVERY CITY WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION INHABITANTS. SUCH DATABASE SHALL INCLUDE AN ENTRY THAT DESCRIBES THE ITEM OR REPAIR, INCLUDING: 1. THE COST; 2. MAKE AND MODEL; 3. WHERE THE ITEM WAS PURCHASED; 4. THE NAME OF COMPANY OR INDIVIDUAL CONDUCTING THE INSTALLATION; AND 5. THE INSTALLATION COST. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02020-01-3
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