Senate Bill S8574

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee


  • 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-S8574 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §26-512, NYC Ad Cd; amd §6, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §5, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S2252
2021-2022: S367
2023-2024: S1944

2017-S8574 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation.

2017-S8574 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8574 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8574
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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, the
   emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emer-
   gency housing rent control law,  in  relation  to  requiring  property
   owners  to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status
   following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  26-512 of the administrative code of the city of
 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows:
   G. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW, RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE
 CONTRARY,  IF ALL OR A PORTION OF THE RENT REGULATED UNITS IN A RESIDEN-
 TIAL BUILDING ARE RENDERED UNINHABITABLE OR ARE VACATED DUE  TO  DEMOLI-
 TION  AND  NEW CONSTRUCTION OR TO SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION CONDUCTED BY OR
 ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER  UNDER  ANY  OF  THE  FOLLOWING  CIRCUM-
 STANCES,   THE   PROPERTY  OWNER  SHALL,  UPON  COMPLETION  OF  THE  NEW
 CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING, DEDICATE TO  RENT  REGULATED
 STATUS AN EQUAL NUMBER OF UNITS, OF SIZES EQUIVALENT TO THOSE VACATED OR
 RENDERED  UNINHABITABLE,  AT  THE  RENT  AMOUNT  ALLOWABLE FOR THE UNITS
 EXISTING PRIOR TO THE DEMOLITION OR RENOVATION:
   (1) DEMOLITION OR SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION CONDUCTED AFTER THE  PROPERTY
 OWNER  FILED AN APPLICATION FOR A BUILDING PERMIT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
 BUILDINGS FALSELY  REPORTING  THAT  NO  TENANTS  OCCUPIED  THE  BUILDING
 PROPOSED  FOR  DEMOLITION  OR  SUBSTANTIAL  RENOVATION, WHEN TENANTS, IN
 FACT, DID OCCUPY THE BUILDING; OR
   (2) DEMOLITION OR  SUBSTANTIAL  RENOVATION  NECESSITATED  DUE  TO  THE
 NEGLIGENCE OF THE OWNER AND/OR LANDLORD; OR
   (3)  DEMOLITION OR SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION NECESSITATED BY ILLEGAL CODE
 VIOLATIONS.
   § 2. Section 6 of section 4 of  chapter  576  of  the  laws  of  1974,
 constituting  the  emergency  tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-
 four, is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
   H. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW, RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE
 CONTRARY,  IF ALL OR A PORTION OF THE RENT REGULATED UNITS IN A RESIDEN-
              

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