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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Jan 28, 2019 |
referred to housing, construction and community development |
Senate Bill S2656
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 11th 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
2019-S2656 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S2656 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that a rent reduction made pursuant to the rent stabilization law of 1969 and based upon a reduction in services provided by a landlord shall be retroactive to the date occurring 30 days after the date upon which the tenant applied to the division of housing and community renewal for such a reduction.
2019-S2656 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2656 REVISED 10/01/2019 SPONSOR: STAVISKY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to rent reduction based upon a failure to maintain services for purposes of the rent stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine PURPOSE: To allow tenants a rent reduction retroactive to thirty days after they file an application for a reduction. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends Section 26-514 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 116 of the laws of 1997 to establish that any tenant application to the state division of housing and commu- nity renewal for a reduction in the rent to the level in effect prior to its most recent adjustment, and for an order requiring services to be maintained as provided in this section shall be retroactive to the date
2019-S2656 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2656 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 28, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- 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 rent reduction based upon a failure to maintain services for purposes of the rent stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty- nine THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 26-514 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 116 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: § 26-514 Maintenance of services. In order to collect a rent adjust- ment authorized pursuant to the provisions of subdivision d of section 26-510 of this chapter an owner must file with the state division of housing and community renewal, on a form which the commissioner shall prescribe, a written certification that he or she is maintaining and will continue to maintain all services furnished on the date upon which the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four becomes a law or required to be furnished by any state law or local law, ordinance or regulation applicable to the premises. In addition to any other reme- dy afforded by law, any tenant may apply to the state division of hous- ing and community renewal, for a reduction in the rent to the level in effect prior to its most recent adjustment and for an order requiring services to be maintained as provided in this section, and the commis- sioner shall so reduce the rent if it is found that the owner has failed to maintain such services. SUCH REDUCTION SHALL BE RETROACTIVE TO THE DATE OCCURRING THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE DATE UPON WHICH THE TENANT APPLIED TO THE DIVISION FOR SUCH A REDUCTION. The owner shall also be barred from applying for or collecting any further rent increases. The restora- tion of such services shall result in the prospective elimination of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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