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                                   7466
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 6, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to enacting the rent
   regulation reporting act of 2019
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "rent regulation reporting act of 2019".
   § 2. Section 20 of the public housing law, as added by chapter 576  of
 the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
   §  20. Annual reports. 1. The commissioner shall, on or before October
 first in each year, beginning in nineteen hundred ninety, submit one  or
 more reports to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the
 speaker  of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate and minority
 leader of the assembly on the activity and implementation of  the  state
 housing  assistance  programs for the previous fiscal year. In addition,
 the commissioner shall, on or before February first in each year, begin-
 ning in nineteen hundred ninety-one,  submit  an  interim  report  which
 contains,  in  tabular  format  only,  the  non-narrative  data compiled
 through November thirtieth of each year. The commissioner  shall  submit
 on  or  before  February first, nineteen hundred ninety a report for the
 fiscal year commencing April first, nineteen  hundred  eighty-eight  and
 the  most  up to date non-narrative data, in tabular format only, but in
 no event less than the data compiled through September thirtieth,  nine-
 teen  hundred  eighty-nine.  All  such reports shall include, but not be
 limited to the low income housing trust  fund  program,  the  affordable
 home  ownership  development program, the urban initiatives program, the
 rural area revitalization program, the rural rental assistance  program,
 the  homeless  housing and assistance program, the housing opportunities
 program for the elderly, the state of New York mortgage  agency  forward
 commitment  and  mortgage insurance programs, the housing finance agency
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 secured loan rental program, the  turnkey/enhanced  housing  trust  fund
 program,  the  special  needs housing program, the permanent housing for
 the  homeless  program,  the  infrastructure  development  demonstration
 program  and  the mobile home cooperative fund program.  For the purpose
 of producing such report or reports, the commissioner shall  be  author-
 ized  to  rely  on  information provided by each administering agency or
 authority. Such report or reports shall, to the extent applicable  to  a
 specific  program,  include  but  not be limited to: (i) a narrative for
 each program reported describing the program  purpose,  eligible  appli-
 cants,  eligible  areas, income population to be served, and limitations
 on funding; (ii) for each eligible applicant receiving funding under the
 Housing Trust Fund or the Affordable Home Ownership Development programs
 during the year specified herein, such applicant's name and  address,  a
 description  of the applicant's contract amount, a narrative description
 of the specific activities performed by such applicant, and  the  income
 levels of the occupants to be served by the units all as proposed by the
 applicant  at  the  time the contract is awarded; (iii) a description of
 the distribution of funds for each category of project funded under each
 program; (iv) the number of units or beds under award,  under  contract,
 under  construction  and  completed  based on a change in project status
 during the year for each program;  (v)  the  number  of  units  or  beds
 assisted during the year under each program; (vi) the amount and type of
 assistance  provided for such units or beds placed under contract; (vii)
 based on total project costs, the number of units or beds under contract
 and  assisted  through  new  construction,  substantial  rehabilitation,
 moderate  rehabilitation,  improvements  to  existing units or beds, and
 through acquisition only for each program;  (viii)  for  the  number  of
 units or beds under contract assisted through new construction, substan-
 tial  rehabilitation,  moderate rehabilitation, improvements to existing
 units or beds, and through acquisition only, the level of state  assist-
 ance  expressed  as  a  percentage of total project cost; (ix) for those
 units and beds under contract a calculation of the amount  of  non-state
 funds  provided expressed as a percentage of total project cost; (x) the
 number of units or beds completed and under award,  under  contract  and
 under  construction  for each program based on the current program pipe-
 line; (xi) for units or beds for which mortgage assistance was  provided
 by  the  state  of  New York mortgage agency, the number of existing and
 newly constructed units; and (xii) a list, by program, of units or  beds
 assisted  within each county. To the extent that any law establishing or
 appropriating funds for any of the aforementioned programs requires  the
 commissioner  to  produce a report containing data substantially similar
 to that required herein, this report shall be  deemed  to  satisfy  such
 other requirements.
   2.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, ON OR BEFORE MAY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINE-
 TEEN, AND ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER FIRST IN EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR,  SUBMIT  A
 REPORT  TO  THE  GOVERNOR,  THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY  LEADER  OF  THE  SENATE  AND  THE
 MINORITY  LEADER  OF THE ASSEMBLY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYSTEM OF
 RENT REGULATION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX OF THE LAWS
 OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR, CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED  SEVENTY  FOUR  OF
 THE  LAWS  OF  NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY-SIX, CHAPTER THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-
 NINE OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE, CHAPTER  FIVE  HUNDRED
 FIFTY-FIVE  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO, CHAPTER FOUR
 HUNDRED TWO OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED  EIGHTY-THREE,  CHAPTER  ONE
 HUNDRED  SIXTEEN  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  NINETEEN  HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN, AND
 SECTIONS 26-501, 26-502, AND 26-520 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE  CODE  OF  THE

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 CITY  OF  NEW  YORK.  SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: A
 NARRATIVE DESCRIBING THE  PROGRAMS  AND  ACTIVITIES  UNDERTAKEN  BY  THE
 OFFICE  OF  RENT  ADMINISTRATION AND THE TENANT PROTECTION UNIT, AND ANY
 OTHER  PROGRAMS  OR  ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE DIVISION TO IMPLEMENT,
 ADMINISTER, AND ENFORCE THE SYSTEM OF RENT REGULATION;  AND  IN  TABULAR
 FORMAT,  FOR  EACH  OF  THE THREE FISCAL YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE
 DATE THE REPORT IS DUE: (I) THE NUMBER OF RENT STABILIZED HOUSING ACCOM-
 MODATIONS WITHIN EACH COUNTY; (II) THE NUMBER OF RENT CONTROLLED HOUSING
 ACCOMMODATIONS WITHIN EACH COUNTY; (III) THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS  FOR
 MAJOR  CAPITAL  IMPROVEMENTS FILED WITH THE DIVISION, THE NUMBER OF SUCH
 APPLICATIONS APPROVED AS SUBMITTED,  THE  NUMBER  OF  SUCH  APPLICATIONS
 APPROVED  WITH  MODIFICATIONS,  AND  THE  NUMBER  OF  SUCH  APPLICATIONS
 REJECTED; (IV) THE MEDIAN AND MEAN VALUE OF APPLICATIONS FOR MAJOR CAPI-
 TAL IMPROVEMENTS APPROVED; (V) THE NUMBER OF UNITS WHICH WERE REGISTERED
 WITH THE DIVISION WHERE THE AMOUNT CHARGED TO AND PAID BY THE TENANT WAS
 LESS THAN THE REGISTERED RENT FOR THE HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION;  (VI)  FOR
 HOUSING  ACCOMMODATIONS THAT WERE REGISTERED WITH THE DIVISION WHERE THE
 AMOUNT CHARGED TO AND PAID BY THE TENANT WAS LESS  THAN  THE  REGISTERED
 RENT  FOR  THE  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION,  THE  MEDIAN AND MEAN DIFFERENCE
 BETWEEN THE REGISTERED RENT FOR A HOUSING ACCOMMODATION AND  THE  AMOUNT
 CHARGED  TO AND PAID BY THE TENANT; (VII) THE MEDIAN AND MEAN REGISTERED
 RENT FOR HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR WHICH THE LEASE WAS  RENEWED  BY  AN
 EXISTING  TENANT; (VIII) THE MEDIAN AND MEAN REGISTERED RENT FOR HOUSING
 ACCOMMODATIONS FOR WHICH A LEASE WAS SIGNED BY  A  NEW  TENANT  AFTER  A
 VACANCY; (IX) THE MEDIAN AND MEAN INCREASE, IN DOLLARS AND AS A PERCENT-
 AGE,  IN  THE REGISTERED RENT FOR HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS WHERE THE LEASE
 WAS SIGNED BY A NEW TENANT AFTER A VACANCY;  (X)  THE  MEDIAN  AND  MEAN
 INCREASE,  IN  DOLLARS  AND  AS A PERCENTAGE, IN THE REGISTERED RENT FOR
 HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS WHERE THE LEASE WAS SIGNED BY A NEW TENANT  AFTER
 A  VACANCY, WHERE THE AMOUNT CHANGED TO AND PAID BY THE PRIOR TENANT WAS
 THE FULL REGISTERED RENT; (XI) THE MEDIAN AND MEAN INCREASE, IN  DOLLARS
 AND  AS  A PERCENTAGE, IN THE REGISTERED RENT FOR HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS
 WHERE THE LEASE WAS SIGNED BY A NEW TENANT AFTER A  VACANCY,  WHERE  THE
 AMOUNT  CHANGED TO AND PAID BY THE PRIOR TENANT WAS LESS THAN THE REGIS-
 TERED RENT; (XII) THE NUMBER OF RENT OVERCHARGE COMPLAINTS PROCESSED  BY
 THE  DIVISION;  (XIII) THE NUMBER OF FINAL OVERCHARGE ORDERS GRANTING AN
 OVERCHARGE; (XIV) THE NUMBER OF INVESTIGATIONS COMMENCED BY  THE  TENANT
 PROTECTION  UNIT,  THE  AGGREGATE  NUMBER  OF  RENT  STABILIZED  OR RENT
 CONTROLLED HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS IN EACH COUNTY THAT WERE  THE  SUBJECT
 OF  SUCH INVESTIGATIONS, AND THE DISPOSITIONS OF SUCH INVESTIGATIONS. AT
 THE TIME THE REPORT IS DUE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE
 GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE  SENATE,  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE
 ASSEMBLY,  THE  MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF
 THE ASSEMBLY, IN MACHINE READABLE FORMAT, THE DATA USED TO TABULATE  THE
 FIGURES  REQUIRED  TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT, TAKING ANY STEPS NECES-
 SARY TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION REGARDING INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS,
 HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND TENANTS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.