NY State Senate Bill 2015-S3592

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2015-S3592 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1119
Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §14, Pub Hous L; add §26-412.1, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S6111, A8289
2017-2018: S1349

2015-S3592 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the division of housing and community renewal to publish an informational pamphlet setting forth the most common non-rental fees authorized to be imposed by landlords.

2015-S3592 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3592

TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public housing law and the administrative code of
the city of New York, in relation to non-rental fees charged by
landlords

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would require the Division of Housing and Community Renewal
(DHCR) to publish an informational pamphlet providing information on
the most common non-rental fees that DHCR authorizes landlords to
impose on tenants and provides for the distribution of the pamphlets
to landlords and ultimately to tenants of rent regulated housing.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends section 14 of the public housing law by adding a new
subdivision 7 that would require the Division of Housing and Community
Renewal to produce and distribute annually, a pamphlet outlining the
most common non-rental fees authorized by the Division to be imposed
by landlords upon tenants.

Section 2 amends the administrative code of the city of New York by
adding a new section 26-412.1 that would require every landlord of

housing accommodation subject to that section or the emergency tenant
protection act of 1974 to provide on an annual basis the pamphlet of
information relating to non-rental fees which is developed and
distributed annually by DHCR.

Section 3 sets the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

Recently the New York Times brought to light the issue many low-income
New Yorkers are facing from their landlords of rent regulated
apartments. Non-rental fees have become a new tactic of landlords to
either coerce tenants into paying money for various types of fees they
do not actually owe, or to push tenants out of their apartment
altogether.

This legislation would help tenants to understand what the fees their
landlord may legally charge them, why they are being charged, and
other useful information that would help clarify this often confusing
set of fees that are often collected along side rent. Often times fees
can appear on a rent bill or other correspondence that a tenant might
not understand or there is no explanation. Tenants are coerced to
believe they need to pay the fees or their housing can be in jeopardy,
which is not always the case.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a New Bill

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:


None to the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section 26-412.1
of the city rent and rehabilitation law as added by section two of
this act shall remain in full force and effect only as long as the
public emergency requiring the regulation and control of residential
rents and evictions continues, as provided in subdivision 3

2015-S3592 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3592

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. ESPAILLAT, DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HOYLMAN, MONTGOM-
  ERY,  PARKER,  PERKINS, SERRANO -- 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 public housing law and the  administrative  code  of
  the  city of New York, in relation to non-rental fees charged by land-
  lords

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

  Section 1. Section 14 of the public housing law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
  7.  THE  DIVISION  OF  HOUSING  AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL PUBLISH AN
INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLET SETTING FORTH THE  MOST  COMMON  NON-RENTAL  FEES
AUTHORIZED  TO  BE  IMPOSED BY LANDLORDS. THE LIST SHALL INCLUDE A SHORT
DESCRIPTION OF SUCH FEES. THE PUBLICATION SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE
DIVISION'S WEBSITE AND SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY TO OWNERS OF  HOUS-
ING  ACCOMMODATIONS WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION
ACT OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW, OR
THE LOCAL EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL ACT.  THE PUBLICATION SHALL  BE
AVAILABLE  IN  ENGLISH, ARABIC, CHINESE, HAITIAN CREOLE, KOREAN, RUSSIAN
AND SPANISH.
  S 2. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
adding a new section 26-412.1 to read as follows:
  S  26-412.1  NON-RENTAL FEES. EVERY LANDLORD OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS
SUBJECT TO THIS CHAPTER OR THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF  NINE-
TEEN  SEVENTY-FOUR  SHALL  ANNUALLY PROVIDE TO EACH TENANT A COPY OF THE
PAMPHLET INFORMATION RELATING TO NON-RENTAL FEES WHICH IS DEVELOPED  AND
DISTRIBUTED BY THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL PURSUANT TO
SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION FOURTEEN OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW.
  S  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately; provided that section
26-412.1 of the city rent and rehabilitation law as added by section two

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01834-01-5

S. 3592                             2

of this act shall remain in full force and effect only as  long  as  the
public  emergency  requiring  the  regulation and control of residential
rents and evictions continues, as provided in subdivision 3 of section 1
of the local emergency housing rent control act.

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2015-S3592 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S3592 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S3592 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3592 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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2015-S3592 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S3592 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S3592 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3592 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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