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Senate Bill S1178
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 29th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development 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) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
2015-S1178 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
- Law Section:
- New York City Administrative Code
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §26-511, NYC Ad Cd; amd §10, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S6084
2011-2012: S2341
2013-2014: S1024
2017-2018: S3107
2019-2020: S3572
2015-S1178 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1178 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 limiting rent increase after vacancy of a housing accommodation PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to expand tenant protections by reducing the percentage by which rent may be increased upon vacancy. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This bill would decrease from twenty percent to ten percent the amount a landlord could increase rent upon vacancy and also prohibit a landlord from taking more than one increase in anyone calendar year. EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER: This bill would amend paragraph 5-a of subdivision c of section 26-511 of the administrative code of the city of New York, and subdivision (a-1) of section 10 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy four. JUSTIFICATION: There continues to be an ongoing housing emergency in many areas of New York State, and especially in New York City.
2015-S1178 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1178 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, AVELLA, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, PERALTA, SAVINO -- 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 limiting rent increase after vacancy of a housing accommodation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 5-a of subdivision c of section 26-511 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by section 7 of part B of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: (5-a) provides that, notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the legal regulated rent for any vacancy lease entered into after the effective date of this paragraph shall be as hereinafter provided in this paragraph. The previous legal regulated rent for such housing accommodation shall be increased by the following: (i) if the vacancy lease is for a term of two years, [twenty] TEN percent of the previous legal regulated rent; or (ii) if the vacancy lease is for a term of one year the increase shall be [twenty] TEN percent of the previous legal regulated rent less an amount equal to the difference between (a) the two year renewal lease guideline promulgated by the guidelines board of the city of New York applied to the previous legal regulated rent and (b) the one year renewal lease guideline promulgated by the guidelines board of the city of New York applied to the previous legal regulated rent. In addition, if the legal regulated rent was not increased with respect to such housing accommodation by a permanent vacancy allowance within eight years prior to a vacancy lease executed on or after the effective date of this paragraph, the legal regulated rent may be further increased by an amount equal to the product resulting from multiplying such previous legal regulated rent by six-tenths of one percent and further multiplying the amount of rent increase resulting EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04485-01-5
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