NY State Senate Bill 2013-S1167

Senate Bill S1167

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol; repealer

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2013-S1167 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1585
Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Rpld §5 sub a ¶13, amd §10, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; rpld §2 sub 2 ¶(n), Emerg Hous Rent Cont L; rpld §26-504.2, §26-403 sub e ¶2 sub¶ (k), amd §26-511, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2237, A2005
2011-2012: S1193, A2430
2015-2016: A1865
2017-2018: A433
2019-2020: A1198

2013-S1167 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol.

2013-S1167 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S1167

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to
making conforming technical changes; and to repeal paragraph 13 of
subdivision a of section 5 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of
1974 constituting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen
seventy-four, paragraph (n) of subdivision 2 of section 2 of chapter 274
of the laws of 1946, constituting the emergency housing rent control
law, and section 26-504.2 and subparagraph (k) of paragraph 2 of
subdivision e of section 26-403 of the administrative code of the city
of New York, relating to vacancy decontrol

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill repeals provisions of New York State and New York City
statutes that remove apartments from rent stabilization or rent
control when such apartments are vacated and could be rented under
such statutes for monthly rents of $2,000 or more.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of this bill sets forth legislative findings and declaration
of emergency.

Section 2 would repeal paragraph (n) of subdivision 2 of section 2 of

chapter 274 of the laws of 1946, constituting the emergency rent
control law.

Section 3 of this bill would repeal paragraph 13 of subdivision a of
section 5 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974,
constituting the emergency tenant protection act of 1974.

Section 4 would repeal subparagraph (k) of paragraph 2 of subdivision
e of section 26-403 of the administrative code of the city of New York.

Section 5 would repeal section 26-504.2 of the administrative code of
the city of New York.

Section 6 and section 7 also subject accommodations to regulation
under such laws which were deregulated upon vacancy on or after
January 1, 2007 or which were deregulated upon vacancy prior to
January 1, 2007 and which rented for less than $5,000 per month in
New York city or less than $3,500 per month in the counties of
Westchester, Nassau, and Rockland on or after January 1, 2007.

Section 8 and 9 repeal vacancy decontrol provisions of the New York
City Administrative Code and the Emergency Tenant Protection Act that
relate to preferential rents, respectively.

Section 10 provides for an immediate date.

JUSTIFICATION:
The shortage of affordable housing in New York City, in the suburban
counties of Westchester, Nassau, and Rockland and in many other areas
of the state is an acute crisis. The systems of rent regulation


presently existing are the single most effective program of state and
local governments to preserve the supply of affordable housing.
These programs have been seriously eroded by the vacancy apartment
rents to the $2,000 threshold for vacancy decontrol laws. Available
data and several studies suggest that over 300,000 rent stabilized
apartments have been removed from regulation in New York City and the
counties of Westchester, Nassau, and Rockland under vacancy
decontrol. The pace at which vacancy decontrol removes affordable
housing units from regulation is accelerating with each passing year.

Vacancy decontrol is an incentive for owners of rental housing to
withhold services and to use forms of harassment to induce regulated
tenants to vacate their rental units. In some instances, costs of
renovation have been inflated or even falsified in order to drive
apartment rents to the $2,000 threshold for vacancy decontrol. In
other cases no renovations at all are done to vacant apartments and
such apartments are treated as deregulated regardless of the legal
rent. Such abuses are made possible by the existence of the vacancy
decontrol laws.

Repeal of vacancy decontrol is essential to restore
the integrity of the rent regulation systems and to protect the
state's precious supply of affordable housing.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011-2012: S.1193A - Died Housing
2009/2010: S.2237A (Died Housing)
2008:      A.7416A - Passed Assembly/S.5149B Referred to Housing

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Some costs may be incurred by DHCR.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that:
(a) the amendments to section 26-511 of chapter 4 of title 26 of
the administrative code of the city of New York made by section
eight of this act shall expire on the same date as such law
expires and shall not affect the expiration of such law as
provided under section 26-520 of such law; and (b) the amendments
to subdivision a-2 of section 10 of section 4 of the emergency
tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four made by section
nine of this act shall expire on the same date as such act
expires and shall not affect the expiration of such act as
provided in section 17 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974.

2013-S1167 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1167

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  STEWART-COUSINS, KRUEGER, ADAMS, ADDABBO, AVELLA,
  BRESLIN, DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON, MONTGOMERY, PARKER, PERKINS, SERRANO,
  STAVISKY -- 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 administrative code of the city of New York and  the
  emergency  tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation
  to making conforming technical changes; and to repeal paragraph 13  of
  subdivision  a of section 5 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of
  1974 constituting the emergency  tenant  protection  act  of  nineteen
  seventy-four,  paragraph  (n) of subdivision 2 of section 2 of chapter
  274 of the laws of  1946,  constituting  the  emergency  housing  rent
  control  law, and section 26-504.2 and subparagraph (k) of paragraph 2
  of subdivision e of section 26-403 of the administrative code  of  the
  city of New York, relating to vacancy decontrol

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

  Section 1. Legislative findings  and  declaration  of  emergency.  The
legislature  hereby finds and declares that the serious public emergency
which led to the enactment of the existing laws  regulating  residential
rents  and  evictions  continues  to  exist; that such laws would better
serve the public interest if certain changes were made thereto,  includ-
ing  the  continued  regulation  of  certain housing accommodations that
become vacant and the reinstatement of  regulation  of  certain  housing
accommodations that have been deregulated upon vacancy.
  The  legislature  further  recognizes  that  severe  disruption of the
rental housing market has occurred and threatens to be exacerbated as  a
result  of  the present state of the law in relation to the deregulation
of housing accommodations upon  vacancy.  The  situation  has  permitted
speculative and profiteering practices and has brought about the loss of

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

                                                           LBD02595-01-3

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vital and irreplaceable affordable housing for working persons and fami-
lies.
  The legislature therefore declares that in order to prevent uncertain-
ty,  potential  hardship  and  dislocation  of tenants living in housing
accommodations subject to  government  regulations  as  to  rentals  and
continued occupancy as well as those not subject to such regulation, the
provisions of this act are necessary to protect the public health, safe-
ty  and  general  welfare.  The necessity in the public interest for the
provisions hereinafter enacted is hereby declared as a matter of  legis-
lative determination.
  S 2. Paragraph (n) of subdivision 2 of section 2 of chapter 274 of the
laws  of  1946,  constituting the emergency housing rent control law, is
REPEALED.
  S 3. Paragraph 13 of subdivision a of section 5 of section 4 of  chap-
ter  576  of  the  laws  of  1974,  constituting  the  emergency  tenant
protection act of nineteen seventy-four, is REPEALED.
  S 4. Subparagraph (k) of paragraph  2  of  subdivision  e  of  section
26-403 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED.
  S  5.  Section  26-504.2 of the administrative code of the city of New
York is REPEALED.
  S 6. Any housing accommodations that on or after January 1, 2007  were
excluded from coverage from the emergency tenant protection act of nine-
teen  seventy-four, the emergency housing rent control law or the admin-
istrative code of the city of New York pursuant to the provisions of law
repealed by sections two, three, four and five  of  this  act  shall  be
subject  to  the  provisions  of  such  act, law or administrative code,
respectively.  Notwithstanding the provisions of  any  lease  or  rental
agreement,  the  legal regulated rent or maximum collectible rent of any
housing accommodation excluded from regulation on or  after  January  1,
2007  by  reason of the provisions repealed by sections two, three, four
and five of this act shall  be  the  legal  regulated  rent  or  maximum
collectible  rent applicable to such accommodation on December 31, 2006,
subject to further adjustment in accordance with  applicable  provisions
of law.
  S  7.  Any  housing  accommodations that prior to January 1, 2007 were
excluded from coverage from the emergency tenant protection act of nine-
teen seventy-four, the emergency housing rent control law or the  admin-
istrative code of the city of New York pursuant to the provisions of law
repealed  by  sections two, three, four, and five of this act, and where
such housing accommodations were located outside the city  of  New  York
and  were  rented  to a tenant on or after January 1, 2007 for less than
$3,500 per month or were located within the city of New  York  and  were
rented  to  a tenant on or after January 1, 2007 for less than $5,000.00
per month, shall be subject to the provisions of such act, law or admin-
istrative code, respectively.   Notwithstanding the  provisions  of  any
lease  or rental agreement, the legal regulated rent or maximum collect-
ible rent of any housing accommodation excluded from regulation prior to
January 1, 2007 by reason of the provisions repealed  by  sections  two,
three, four and five of this act and made subject to regulation shall be
the  actual rent applicable to such accommodations on January 1, 2007 or
the first rent applicable to such accommodation after January  1,  2007,
subject  to  further adjustment in accordance with applicable provisions
of law.
  S 8. Paragraph 14 of subdivision c of section 26-511 of  the  adminis-
trative code of the city of New York, as amended by section 14 of part B
of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:

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  (14) provides that where the amount of rent charged to and paid by the
tenant  is  less  than the legal regulated rent for the housing accommo-
dation, the amount of rent for such housing accommodation which  may  be
charged  upon  renewal or upon vacancy thereof may, at the option of the
owner,  be  based upon such previously established legal regulated rent,
as adjusted by the most recent applicable guidelines increases  and  any
other  increases  authorized by law. [Where, subsequent to vacancy, such
legal regulated rent, as adjusted by the most recent  applicable  guide-
lines  increases  and any other increases authorized by law is two thou-
sand dollars or more per month or, for any housing  accommodation  which
is  or  becomes vacant on or after the effective date of the rent act of
2011, is two thousand five hundred dollars or more per month, such hous-
ing accommodation shall be excluded from  the  provisions  of  this  law
pursuant to section 26-504.2 of this chapter.]
  S  9. Subdivision a-2 of section 10 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the
laws of 1974 constituting the emergency tenant protection act  of  nine-
teen  seventy-four,  as amended by section 13 of part B of chapter 97 of
the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  (a-2) Provides that where the amount of rent charged to  and  paid  by
the  tenant is less than the legal regulated rent for the housing accom-
modation, the amount of rent for such housing accommodation which may be
charged upon renewal or upon vacancy thereof may, at the option  of  the
owner,  be  based upon such previously established legal regulated rent,
as adjusted by the most recent applicable guidelines increases and other
increases authorized by law. [Where, subsequent to vacancy,  such  legal
regulated  rent,  as  adjusted  by the most recent applicable guidelines
increases and any other increases authorized  by  law  is  two  thousand
dollars  or more per month or, for any housing accommodation which is or
becomes vacant on or after the effective date of the rent act  of  2011,
is  two  thousand  five  hundred dollars or more per month, such housing
accommodation shall be excluded from the provisions of this act pursuant
to paragraph thirteen of subdivision a of section five of this act.]
  S 10. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that:
  (a) the amendments to section 26-511 of chapter 4 of title 26  of  the
administrative  code  of  the  city of New York made by section eight of
this act shall expire on the same date as such law expires and shall not
affect the expiration of such law as provided under  section  26-520  of
such law; and
  (b)  the  amendments  to subdivision a-2 of section 10 of section 4 of
the emergency tenant protection act of  nineteen  seventy-four  made  by
section  nine  of  this  act  shall  expire on the same date as such act
expires and shall not affect the expiration of such act as  provided  in
section 17 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974.

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