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                                   7318
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and  the
   emergency  tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation
   to  prohibiting  deregulation  without   verification   of   the   tax
   abatement/credit  status of a building and requiring local agencies to
   notify the state division of housing and community renewal of approval
   of an application for a tax exemption
 
   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 26-504.4 to read as follows:
   § 26-504.4 DEREGULATION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO
 THE CONTRARY, THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL  SHALL
 VERIFY  CURRENT TAX ABATEMENT/CREDIT STATUS OF BUILDINGS BEFORE ALLOWING
 UNITS TO BE DEREGULATED UNDER ANY APPLICABLE PROVISION OF LAW.
   § 2. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
 adding a new section 26-517.2 to read as follows:
   § 26-517.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. A. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING TENANTS
 WITH  REGISTRATION  INFORMATION  AS  REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISIONS D AND F OF
 SECTION 26-517 OF THIS CHAPTER, THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMU-
 NITY RENEWAL SHALL GIVE NOTICE IN WRITING TO  ALL  OWNERS  OF  BUILDINGS
 REGULATED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  CHAPTER THAT (I) SUCH OWNER MUST REGISTER
 EACH UNIT AS RENT STABILIZED PURSUANT TO SECTION 26-517 OF THIS CHAPTER;
 (II) SUCH OWNER MUST ISSUE RENT STABILIZED LEASES TO ALL RENTAL TENANTS;
 AND (III) FAILURE TO REGISTER PURSUANT TO SECTION 26-517 OF THIS CHAPTER
 MAY SUBJECT SUCH OWNER TO FINES AND PENALTIES AS PROVIDED IN THIS  CHAP-
 TER. IN ADDITION, A COPY OF THE NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 MUST BE MAILED BY THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL TO
 THE TENANT IN OCCUPANCY OF EACH UNIT REGULATED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   B.  NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE PROVIDED ANNUAL-
 LY. SUCH NOTICE SHALL ALSO BE PROVIDED WHEN A NEW TENANT TAKES OCCUPANCY
 OF A REGULATED UNIT.
   C.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, LOCAL
 AGENCIES SHALL IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE  STATE  DIVISION  OF  HOUSING  AND
 COMMUNITY  RENEWAL IN WRITING, ON A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
 THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, THAT AN APPLICATION
 FOR AN EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION FOUR HUNDRED  TWENTY-ONE-A  OF  THE  REAL
 PROPERTY TAX LAW HAS BEEN APPROVED.  SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL PROVIDE THE
 BEGINNING AND END DATES OF SUCH EXEMPTION.
   §  3.  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 section 5-b to read as follows:
   § 5-B. DEREGULATION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
 CONTRARY,  THE  STATE  DIVISION  OF  HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL
 VERIFY CURRENT TAX ABATEMENT STATUS OF BUILDINGS BEFORE  ALLOWING  UNITS
 TO BE DEREGULATED UNDER ANY APPLICABLE PROVISION OF LAW.
   §  4.  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 section 12-b to read as follows:
   §  12-B.  ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION. A. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING TENANTS
 WITH REGISTRATION INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISIONS  D  AND  F  OF
 SECTION 12-A OF THIS SECTION, THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNI-
 TY RENEWAL SHALL GIVE NOTICE IN WRITING TO ALL OWNERS OF BUILDINGS REGU-
 LATED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS CHAPTER THAT (I) SUCH OWNER MUST REGISTER EACH
 UNIT AS RENT STABILIZED; (II) SUCH  OWNER  MUST  ISSUE  RENT  STABILIZED
 LEASES  TO ALL RENTAL TENANTS; AND (III) FAILURE TO REGISTER PURSUANT TO
 SECTION 12-A OF THIS SECTION MAY SUBJECT SUCH OWNER TO FINES AND  PENAL-
 TIES AS PROVIDED IN THIS ACT. IN ADDITION, A COPY OF THE NOTICE REQUIRED
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION MUST BE MAILED BY THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING
 AND  COMMUNITY RENEWAL TO THE TENANT IN OCCUPANCY OF EACH UNIT REGULATED
 PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER.
   B. NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE PROVIDED  ANNUAL-
 LY. SUCH NOTICE SHALL ALSO BE PROVIDED WHEN A NEW TENANT TAKES OCCUPANCY
 OF A REGULATED UNIT.
   §  5.  Section  13  of  section  4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974,
 constituting the emergency tenant protection act  of  nineteen  seventy-
 four,  as amended by chapter 403 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read
 as follows:
   § 13. Cooperation with other governmental agencies. A. The state divi-
 sion of housing and community renewal and any rent guidelines board  may
 request and shall receive cooperation and assistance in effectuating the
 purposes  of  this act from all departments, divisions, boards, bureaus,
 commissions or agencies of the state and political subdivisions thereof.
   B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE  CONTRARY,  LOCAL
 AGENCIES  SHALL  IMMEDIATELY  NOTIFY  THE  STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND
 COMMUNITY RENEWAL IN WRITING, ON A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER  OF
 THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, THAT AN APPLICATION
 FOR  AN  EXEMPTION  UNDER  SECTION FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-A OF THE REAL
 PROPERTY TAX LAW HAS BEEN APPROVED.  SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL PROVIDE THE
 BEGINNING AND END DATES OF SUCH EXEMPTION.
   § 6. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law; provided that the amendments to chapter 4 of title 26
 of  the administrative code of the city of New York made by sections one
 and two 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

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 section 26-520 of such law; and provided, further, that  the  amendments
 to  the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four made by
 sections three, four and five of this act shall expire on the same  date
 as  such  act expires and shall not affect the expiration of such act as
 provided in section 17 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974.