Senate Bill S1944A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation

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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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2023-S1944 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8446
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §26-512, NYC Ad Cd; amd §6, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §5, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8574
2019-2020: S2252
2021-2022: S367

2023-S1944 - Summary

Requires property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation.

2023-S1944 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1944 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1944
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, BAILEY, KRUEGER, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO
   -- 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,  the
   emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emer-
   gency  housing  rent  control  law,  in relation to requiring property
   owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated  status
   following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 26-512 of the administrative code of  the  city  of
 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
   H.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE
 CONTRARY, IF ALL OR A PORTION OF THE RENT REGULATED UNITS IN A  RESIDEN-
 TIAL  BUILDING  ARE RENDERED UNINHABITABLE OR ARE VACATED DUE TO DEMOLI-
 TION AND NEW CONSTRUCTION OR TO SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION CONDUCTED  BY  OR
 ON  BEHALF  OF  THE  PROPERTY  OWNER  UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CIRCUM-
 STANCES,  THE  PROPERTY  OWNER  SHALL,  UPON  COMPLETION  OF   THE   NEW
 CONSTRUCTION  OR  RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING, DEDICATE TO RENT REGULATED
 STATUS AN EQUAL NUMBER OF UNITS, OF SIZES EQUIVALENT TO THOSE VACATED OR
 RENDERED UNINHABITABLE, AT THE  RENT  AMOUNT  ALLOWABLE  FOR  THE  UNITS
 EXISTING  PRIOR  TO  THE  DEMOLITION  OR  RENOVATION,  AND THE TENANT OR
 TENANTS IN POSSESSION IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO SUCH DEMOLITION  OR  SUBSTAN-
 TIAL RENOVATION SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR THE OCCUPATION
 OF SUCH UNITS:
   (1)  DEMOLITION OR SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION CONDUCTED AFTER THE PROPERTY
 OWNER FILED AN APPLICATION FOR A BUILDING PERMIT WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF
 BUILDINGS  FALSELY  REPORTING  THAT  NO  TENANTS  OCCUPIED  THE BUILDING
 PROPOSED FOR DEMOLITION OR  SUBSTANTIAL  RENOVATION,  WHEN  TENANTS,  IN
 FACT, DID OCCUPY THE BUILDING; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05389-01-3
 S. 1944                             2
              

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2023-S1944A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8446
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §26-512, NYC Ad Cd; amd §6, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §5, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8574
2019-2020: S2252
2021-2022: S367

2023-S1944A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation.

2023-S1944A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1944A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1944--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, BAILEY, KRUEGER, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Housing, Construction and  Community  Development  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city  of  New  York,  the
   emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emer-
   gency  housing  rent  control  law,  in relation to requiring property
   owners to dedicate certain residential units  to  the  same  protected
   status   the   unit  previously  held  following  demolition  and  new
   construction or substantial renovation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  26-512 of the administrative code of the city of
 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
   H. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW, RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE
 CONTRARY,  IF ALL OR A PORTION OF THE RENT CONTROLLED OR RENT STABILIZED
 HOUSING ACCOMMODATION PROTECTED BY THE EMERGENCY  TENANT PROTECTION  ACT
 OF  NINETEEN  SEVENTY-FOUR,  THE EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW, THE
 LOCAL EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL ACT, THE  ADMINISTRATIVE  CODE   OF
 THE   CITY   OF NEW YORK AND ANY REGULATIONS, RULES AND POLICIES ENACTED
 PURSUANT THERETO, IN A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ARE  RENDERED  UNINHABITABLE
 OR  ARE VACATED DUE TO DEMOLITION AND NEW CONSTRUCTION OR TO SUBSTANTIAL
 RENOVATION CONDUCTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER UNDER ANY  OF
 THE  FOLLOWING  CIRCUMSTANCES, THE PROPERTY OWNER SHALL, UPON COMPLETION
 OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING, DEDICATE AN EQUAL
 NUMBER OF UNITS, OF  SIZES  EQUIVALENT  TO  THOSE  VACATED  OR  RENDERED
 UNINHABITABLE, AT THE  RENT  AMOUNT  ALLOWABLE  FOR  THE  UNITS EXISTING
 PRIOR    TO   THE DEMOLITION  OR  RENOVATION TO THE SAME STATUS THE UNIT
 PREVIOUSLY HELD AS RENT CONTROLLED OR RENT STABILIZED  HOUSING  ACCOMMO-
 DATION  PROTECTED BY THE EMERGENCY  TENANT PROTECTION  ACT  OF  NINETEEN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05389-03-3
              

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