NY State Senate Bill 2015-S6244

Senate Bill S6244

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to extending the senior citizen and persons with disabilities rent increase exemption program to dwelling units subject to orders of a rent guideline board

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Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 05, 2016	reported and committed to finance
Feb 26, 2016	notice of committee consideration - requested
Jan 06, 2016	referred to aging

Votes

- Apr 5, 2016 - Aging Committee Vote
  S6244
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  5
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Aging Committee Vote: Apr 5, 2016
      
      aye (6)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Diaz
      
      Felder
      
      Funke
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Serrano
      
      aye wr (5)
      
      Golden
      
      LaValle
      
      Marchione
      
      Serino
      
      Valesky

2015-S6244 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §467-b, RPT L

2015-S6244 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to extending the senior citizen and persons with disabilities rent increase exemption program to dwelling units subject to orders of a rent guideline board.

2015-S6244 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6244

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to eligibility
for the senior citizen and persons with disabilities rent increase
exemption program

 PURPOSE :

The purpose of this bill is to expand eligibility for SCRIE and DRIE
to tenants whose landlords have entered into voluntary agreements to
base future rent increases on rules established by the Rent Guidelines
Board.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 and Section 2 amends section 467-b of the real property tax
law by making "dwelling units" eligible for the Senior Citizen Rent
Increase Exemption (SCRIE) and the Disability Rent Increase Exemption
(DRIB) if there was an agreement providing for rent increases equal to
or less than the amount ordered by a rent guideline board of a
locality. In addition, where such an agreement provides for rent
increases in certain years that are based on but greater than the
amount ordered by the rent guideline board, the locality shall have
the authority to provide for rent increases up to or above the amount

ordered by the board.

Section 3 of the bill establishes the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

In order to qualify for SCRIE or DRIE, a person must meet certain age
and income qualifications. In addition, residents must pay more than
one-third of their monthly household income on rent and live in a rent
regulated apartment. Tenants who could qualify for these programs, but
do not live in rent regulated apartments are not eligible.

There are a number of buildings in New York City where landlords of
deregulated units have agreed to base future rent increases on rules
established by the Rent Guidelines Board, essentially tying the rent
of these deregulated units to rent regulated rent increases.

This bill would expand eligibility for SCRIE and DRIE to tenants whose
landlords have entered into voluntary agreements to base future rent
increases on rules established by the Rent Guidelines Board.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New Bill

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Minimal Fiscal Impact

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law; provided that the amendments to paragraph a of
subdivision 1 of section 467-b of the real property tax law made by
section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration and
reversion of such section pursuant to section 17 of chapter 576 of the
laws of 1974, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of
section two of this act shall take effect.

2015-S6244 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6244

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 6, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in  relation  to  eligibility
  for  the  senior  citizen  and persons with disabilities rent increase
  exemption program

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 467-b of the real
property tax law, as amended by chapter 576 of  the  laws  of  1974,  is
amended to read as follows:
  a.  "Dwelling  unit"  means that part of a dwelling in which a head of
the household resides and which is subject  to  [either]  the  emergency
housing  rent  control  law or to the rent and rehabilitation law of the
city of New York enacted pursuant to the local  emergency  housing  rent
control  law,  [or]  to  the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen
seventy-four, OR TO AN AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR RENT INCREASES  EQUAL  TO
OR  LESS  THAN THE AMOUNT ORDERED BY A RENT GUIDELINE BOARD OF A PARTIC-
IPATING LOCALITY; HOWEVER, WHERE SUCH AN  AGREEMENT  PROVIDES  FOR  RENT
INCREASES  FOR  CERTAIN  YEARS  THAT  ARE  BASED ON BUT GREATER THAN THE
AMOUNT ORDERED BY THE RENT GUIDELINE BOARD OF A PARTICIPATING  LOCALITY,
SUCH  LOCALITY  SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND DISCRETION, WITH RESPECT TO
THOSE CERTAIN YEARS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE RENT INCREASES UP  TO  OR  ABOVE
THE AMOUNT ORDERED BY THE RENT GUIDELINE BOARD OF A PARTICIPATING LOCAL-
ITY;
  S 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 467-b of the real proper-
ty  tax  law, as added by chapter 689 of the laws of 1972, is amended to
read as follows:
  a. "Dwelling unit" means that part of a dwelling in which  a  head  of
the  household  resides  and  which is subject to [either] THE emergency
housing rent control law or to THE rent and rehabilitation  law  of  the
city  of  New York enacted pursuant to the local law enacted pursuant to
the local emergency housing rent control law, OR TO AN AGREEMENT PROVID-
ING FOR RENT INCREASES EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE  AMOUNT  ORDERED  BY  A

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13129-01-5

S. 6244                             2

RENT GUIDELINE BOARD OF A PARTICIPATING LOCALITY; HOWEVER, WHERE SUCH AN
AGREEMENT  PROVIDES  FOR RENT INCREASES FOR CERTAIN YEARS THAT ARE BASED
ON BUT GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT ORDERED BY THE RENT GUIDELINE BOARD OF  A
PARTICIPATING  LOCALITY,  SUCH  LOCALITY  SHALL  HAVE  THE AUTHORITY AND
DISCRETION, WITH RESPECT TO THOSE CERTAIN YEARS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE RENT
INCREASES UP TO OR ABOVE THE AMOUNT ORDERED BY THE RENT GUIDELINE  BOARD
OF A PARTICIPATING LOCALITY;
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided that the amendments to paragraph a of subdi-
vision 1 of section 467-b of the real property tax law made  by  section
one of this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such
section  pursuant  to  section 17 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, as
amended, when upon such date the provisions of section two of  this  act
shall take effect.

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