Assembly Bill A3520

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for a continuation of senior citizen rent increase exemption benefits after a period of ineligibility

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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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2017-A3520 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3627
Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §26-605, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10768
2013-2014: A708, S5495
2015-2016: A563, S529
2019-2020: A1471, S4825
2021-2022: A3737, S5280
2023-2024: S6383

2017-A3520 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a continuation of senior citizen rent increase exemption benefits after a period of ineligibility due to a head of household's temporary increase in income.

2017-A3520 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3520
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, COLTON, DINOWITZ, ABBATE, CYMBROWITZ,
   TITONE, CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, GLICK,  GOTT-
   FRIED,  LENTOL,  PERRY,  SIMANOWITZ  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to  continuation  of  senior citizen rent increase exemption
   benefits after a period of ineligibility due to a head of  household's
   temporary increase in income
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 26-605 of the administrative code of  the  city  of
 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
   (E)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A HEAD OF A HOUSEHOLD
 TO WHOM A RENT INCREASE EXEMPTION ORDER/TAX  ABATEMENT  CERTIFICATE  HAS
 BEEN  ISSUED  UNDER  THIS CHAPTER, CHAPTER THREE OR CHAPTER FOUR OF THIS
 TITLE WHO  HAS  BECOME  INELIGIBLE  FOR  SUCH  RENT  INCREASE  EXEMPTION
 ORDER/TAX  ABATEMENT  CERTIFICATE AS A RESULT OF A TEMPORARY INCREASE IN
 INCOME FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THAT DOES NOT EXCEED TWO  YEARS,  MAY,  UPON
 RESUMPTION   OF   RECEIPT   OF   AN   INCOME  THAT  QUALIFIES  FOR  SUCH
 ORDER/CERTIFICATE UNDER THIS CHAPTER, CHAPTER THREE OR CHAPTER  FOUR  OF
 THIS  TITLE,  APPLY  TO THE SUPERVISING AGENCY, SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND
 CONDITIONS IMPOSED  BY  SUCH  RELEVANT  CHAPTER,  FOR  A  RENT  INCREASE
 EXEMPTION  ORDER/TAX ABATEMENT CERTIFICATE RELATING TO THE SAME DWELLING
 UNIT TO WHICH THE ORIGINAL RENT INCREASE EXEMPTION  ORDER/TAX  ABATEMENT
 CERTIFICATE  APPLIED,  AND SUCH ORDER/CERTIFICATE SHALL PROVIDE THAT THE
 HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM PAYING THAT  PORTION  OF  THE
 MAXIMUM  RENT FOR THE DWELLING UNIT WHICH EXCEEDS THE LAST RENT THAT THE
 HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD WAS REQUIRED TO PAY IN THE DWELLING UNIT PRIOR  TO
 HIS  OR HER INCREASE IN INCOME WHICH CAUSED THE TEMPORARY INELIGIBILITY,
 PLUS ANY NON-EXEMPT INCREASES  IN  SUCH  MAXIMUM  RENT  WHICH  MAY  HAVE
 OCCURRED DURING THE TEMPORARY PERIOD OF INELIGIBILITY.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to rele-
 vant applications for the senior citizen rent increase  exemption  bene-
 fits filed on or after such date.

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