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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED, ROBINSON, COLTON -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BRENNAN, COOK, GLICK, MOSLEY,  PERRY,
  SEPULVEDA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
  relation to the appointment of the rent guidelines board

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

  Section  1. Subdivision a of section 26-510 of the administrative code
of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
  a. There shall be a rent guidelines board to consist of nine  members,
appointed  by the mayor. Two members shall be representative of tenants,
two shall be representative of owners of property,  and  five  shall  be
public  members  each of whom shall have had at least five years experi-
ence in either finance, economics or housing. One public member shall be
designated by the mayor to serve as chairman and  shall  hold  no  other
public  office.  No  member,  officer  or employee of any municipal rent
regulation agency or the state division of housing and community renewal
and no person who owns or manages real estate covered by this law or who
is an officer of any owner or tenant organization shall serve on a  rent
guidelines  board.  One  public  member,  one  member  representative of
tenants and one member representative of owners shall serve for  a  term
ending  two  years  from January first next succeeding the date of their
appointment; one public member, one member representative of tenants and
one member representative of owners shall serve for terms  ending  three
years  from the January first next succeeding the date of their appoint-
ment and two public members shall serve for terms ending four years from
January first next succeeding the dates of their appointment. The chair-
man shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor.  Thereafter,  all  members
shall  continue in office until their successors have been appointed and
qualified. The mayor shall fill any vacancy which may occur by reason of
death, resignation or otherwise in a manner consistent with the original

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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appointment.   WHEN A VACANCY OCCURS IN  THE  MEMBER  REPRESENTATIVE  OF
TENANTS  POSITION,  THE MAYOR SHALL FILL SUCH VACANCY WITHIN SIXTY DAYS.
THE BOARD SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM CONVENING ITS NEXT  REGULARLY  SCHED-
ULED  MEETING  UNTIL  THE MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE OF TENANTS IS APPOINTED.
ADDITIONALLY, THE BOARD SHALL NOT MEET UNTIL AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS  AFTER
A MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE OF TENANTS IS APPOINTED. A member may be removed
by  the  mayor  for cause, but not without an opportunity to be heard in
person or by counsel, in his or her defense, upon not less than ten days
notice.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
ments  to  section 26-510 of chapter 4 of title 26 of the administrative
code of the city of New York made by  section  one  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.