NY State Senate Bill 2021-S433

Senate Bill S433

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides that all declarations of housing emergency that were in effect as of March 7, 2020 shall remain in effect until 2 years after the emergency declared pursuant to Executive Order 202 of 2020 ends

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2021-S433 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3064
Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: Housing
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S8855, A10909

2021-S433 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that all declarations of housing emergency that were in full force and effect as of March 7, 2020 shall remain in full force and effect until the date that is two years after the expiration of the state disaster emergency declared pursuant to Executive Order 202 of 2020.

2021-S433 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S433

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act providing for the continuation of certain declarations of housing
emergency that were in full force and effect as of March 7, 2020

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To ensure that declarations of housing emergency that provide the basis
for New York's system of rent regulations remain in effect, regardless
of the local vacancy rate.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

This bill provides that notwithstanding applicable law, all declarations
of housing emergency pursuant to the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of
1974, the Local Emergency Housing Rent Control Act, the NYC Administra-
tive Code, and the Emergency Housing Rent Control Law that were in full
force and effect as of March 7th, 2020 shall remain in full force and

effect until 2 years after the expiration of the State Disaster Emergen-
cy declared pursuant to Executive Order 202 of 2020.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused tremendous hardship for New York's
renters. As of June 2020, New York City's unemployment rate was a stun-
ning 20.4% and New York State's was 15.7%. A recent study from the
Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) which represents property
owners, found that about 25% of renters have been unable to pay their
rent during the pandemic.

The State has acted to protect tenants from eviction due to the impacts
of the pandemic on their finances. However, because many New Yorkers
have vacated their apartments during the worst of the pandemic to
protect their health and safety, this crisis risks compromising the
entire system of rent regulation in New York City, as the statutory
basis for rent regulation is predicated upon a local vacancy rate of
less than five percent.

Studies have shown that those who left the city between March 1st and
May 1st were disproportionately likely to live in wealthier neighbor-
hoods. The fact that these New Yorkers can afford to relocate, either
temporarily or permanently, to less dense areas does not change the fact
that rent regulations are a crucial protection for tenants of the rough-
ly one million rent stabilized apartments in New York City.

This legislation would ensure that New York's rent regulations continue
to be in full force and effect during the COVID-19 pandemic and its
aftermath in order to protect access to affordable housing for those
tenants.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.8855 of 2020 (Hoylman): Died in Rules

A.10909 of 2020 (Epstein):Died in Housing

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S433 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    433
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HOYLMAN, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Housing,
   Construction and Community Development
 
 AN ACT providing for the continuation of certain declarations of housing
   emergency that were in full force and effect as of March 7, 2020
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. a. For the purposes of this act, "declarations  of  housing
 emergency" means:
   (i)  all  determinations by the local legislative body of a city, town
 or village of the existence of a public emergency pursuant to section  3
 of the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four;
   (ii)  the  public  emergency  requiring  the regulation and control of
 residential rents and evictions as provided in subdivision 3 of  section
 1 of the local emergency housing rent control act;
   (iii)  the  serious  public  emergencies declared pursuant to sections
 26-401, 26-501 and 26-502 of the administrative code of the city of  New
 York; and
   (iv)  the  serious  public emergency declared pursuant to section 1 of
 the emergency housing rent control law.
   b. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of the emergency tenant
 protection  act  of  nineteen  seventy-four,  sections  26-401,  26-414,
 26-501, 26-502, and 26-520 of the administrative code of the city of New
 York,  and  any  other applicable provisions of law, all declarations of
 housing emergency that were in full force and effect as of March 7, 2020
 shall remain in full force and effect until the date that is  two  years
 after  the  expiration  of the state disaster emergency, as such term is
 defined in section 20 of the executive law, declared pursuant to  Execu-
 tive  Order  202  of  2020,  as  amended, and as further extended by any
 subsequent or future executive order, regardless of whether the  vacancy

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02365-01-1

 S. 433                              2
 
 rate  for the municipality in which the housing accommodation is located
 or for the class of such housing accommodation within such  municipality
 is in excess of five percent.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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