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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Apr 11, 2019 |
referred to housing, construction and community development |
Senate Bill S5141
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 27th 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-S5141 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
- Law Section:
- New York City Administrative Code
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §26-510, NYC Ad Cd; amd §4, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S1731
2011-2012: S741
2013-2014: S208
2015-2016: S196
2017-2018: S1796, S7034
2021-2022: S2856
2019-S5141 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5141 SPONSOR: KAVANAGH TITLE OF BILL: 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 the establishment of rent boards PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill to make more democratic the appointment of members of rent guidelines boards and to enhance the qualifications of the public members. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision a of section 26-510 of the administrative code of the city of New York to give the New York City Council an advice and consent role in the mayoral appointment of New York City Rent Guide- lines Board members. The bill also removes a provision that the chair of the board serves at the pleasure of the Mayor. Members of the Rent Guidelines Board can now be removed for cause by. The City Council and
2019-S5141 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5141 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 11, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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 and the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to the establishment of rent boards THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision a of section 26-510 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows: a. There shall be a rent guidelines board to consist of nine members, appointed by the mayor UPON THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. Two members shall be representative of tenants, two shall be represen- tative of owners of property, and five shall be public members [each of whom]. EACH OF THE PUBLIC MEMBERS shall have had at least five years experience in [either] PUBLIC SERVICE, SOCIAL SERVICES, URBAN PLANNING, SOCIAL SCIENCES, finance, economics or housing. One public member shall be designated by the mayor UPON THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE CITY COUN- CIL to serve as [chairman] CHAIR and shall hold no other public office. No member, officer or employee of any municipal rent regulation agency or the state division of housing and community renewal and no person who owns or manages real estate covered by this law or who [is] RECEIVES COMPENSATION AS an officer of any owner or tenant organization shall serve on a rent guidelines board. One public member, one member repre- sentative of tenants and one member representative of owners shall serve for a term ending two years from January first next succeeding the date of their appointment; one public member, one member representative of tenants and one member representative of owners shall serve for terms ending three years from the January first next succeeding the date of their appointment and two public members shall serve for terms ending four years from January first next succeeding the dates of their EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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