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Senate Bill S3189
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 29th Senate District
2017-S3189 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5168
- Current Committee:
- Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
- Law Section:
- New York City Administrative Code
- Laws Affected:
- Add §26-407.1, NYC Ad Cd
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A6904
2011-2012: A1839
2013-2014: S3151, A343
2015-2016: S2826, A419, A7344
2019-2020: S1919, A289, A7349
2017-S3189 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3189 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to eliminating fuel pass-along charges for occupants of rent controlled housing accommodations PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill prohibits fuel pass-along charges for occupants of rent controlled housing accommodations. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends the administrative code of the city of New York by adding a new section 26-407.1 to prohibit fuel pass-along increases in rent for any tenant of any unit which is subject to rent control. Section 2 contains the effective date. JUSTIFICATION : Many of the tenants who reside in units subject to rent control are senior citizens living on fixed incomes. Unlike residents in other forms of regulated housing, residents in rent controlled apartments face a yearly fuel cost adjustment, or pass-along, based on a percentage of the total amount of fuel delivered to a building, and
2017-S3189 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3189 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 20, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, HOYLMAN, MONTGOMERY, 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 administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to eliminating fuel pass-along charges for occupants of rent controlled housing accommodations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 26-407.1 to read as follows: § 26-407.1 FUEL PASS-ALONG TO TENANTS UNDER RENT CONTROL PROHIBITED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE, REGULATION, CHARTER OR ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, TENANTS OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO RENT CONTROL UNDER THIS CHAPTER SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO A FUEL ADJUSTMENT OR PASS-ALONG INCREASE IN RENT AND ANY SUCH INCREASE TO SUCH TENANT SHALL BE NULL AND VOID. § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided that the addition of section 26-407.1 to the city rent and rehabilitation law made by section one 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. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08767-01-7
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