Assembly Bill A1198

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol; repealer

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  • 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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2019-A1198 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2591
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Rpld §2 sub 2 ¶(n), Emerg Hous Rent Cont L; rpld §5 sub a ¶13, amd §10, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; rpld §26-403 sub e ¶2 sub¶ (k), §26-504.2, amd §26-511, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2005
2011-2012: A2430
2013-2014: A1585
2015-2016: A1865, S4474
2017-2018: A433, S3482

2019-A1198 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol.

2019-A1198 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   1198
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, DE LA ROSA,
   RICHARDSON, LENTOL, COLTON, TITUS, ORTIZ,  BENEDETTO,  GLICK,  MOSLEY,
   ZEBROWSKI,   WEPRIN,  DAVILA,  PICHARDO,  BICHOTTE,  ABINANTI,  SIMON,
   JOYNER, QUART, ROZIC, BLAKE, SEAWRIGHT, WALKER, BARRON --  Multi-Spon-
   sored  by -- M. of A. COOK, CYMBROWITZ, JAFFEE, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY,
   PRETLOW, RIVERA -- 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 making conforming technical changes; and to repeal paragraph 13  of
   subdivision  a of section 5 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of
   1974 constituting the emergency  tenant  protection  act  of  nineteen
   seventy-four,  paragraph  (n) of subdivision 2 of section 2 of chapter
   274 of the laws of  1946,  constituting  the  emergency  housing  rent
   control  law, and section 26-504.2 and subparagraph (k) of paragraph 2
   of subdivision e of section 26-403 of the administrative code  of  the
   city of New York, relating to vacancy decontrol
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings  and  declaration  of  emergency.  The
 legislature  hereby finds and declares that the serious public emergency
 which led to the enactment of the existing laws  regulating  residential
 rents  and  evictions  continues  to  exist; that such laws would better
 serve the public interest if certain changes were made thereto,  includ-
 ing  the  continued  regulation  of  certain housing accommodations that
 become vacant and the reinstatement of  regulation  of  certain  housing
 accommodations that have been deregulated upon vacancy.
   The  legislature  further  recognizes  that  severe  disruption of the
 rental housing market has occurred and threatens to be exacerbated as  a
 result  of  the present state of the law in relation to the deregulation
 of housing accommodations upon  vacancy.  The  situation  has  permitted
 speculative and profiteering practices and has brought about the loss of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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