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                                  1119

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 8, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, ROSENTHAL, MOSLEY, PICHARDO,
  CRESPO,  COOK,  KAVANAGH, SEPULVEDA, BROOK-KRASNY, BENEDETTO, CLARK --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. CAMARA, DenDEKKER, MAYER -- read  once
  and referred to the Committee on Housing

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.
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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.