Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to housing, construction and community development |
Jun 10, 2023 |
committed to rules |
Feb 27, 2023 |
advanced to third reading amended 2482a |
Feb 15, 2023 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 14, 2023 |
1st report cal.369 |
Jan 20, 2023 |
referred to housing, construction and community development |
Senate Bill S2482
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Current 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
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
2023-S2482 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
- Law Section:
- Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §12, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §26-516, NYC Ad Cd
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
S6454
2017-2018: S122
2019-2020: S238
2021-2022: S4637
2023-S2482 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2482 SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven- ty-four, and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to penalties for owners of property who fail to file a proper or timely rent registration statement PURPOSE: This bill imposes penalties on property owners who fail to file a proper or timely rent registration statement. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the opening paragraph of paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 12 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, consti- tuting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, as amended by chapter 116 of the law of 1997, to increase the penalty for a rent overcharge of a rent-stabilized apartment from three times the
2023-S2482 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2482 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 20, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER -- 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 emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven- ty-four, and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to penalties for owners of property who fail to file a proper or timely rent registration statement THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 12 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, as amended by section 1 of part F of chapter 36 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: Subject to the conditions and limitations of this paragraph, any owner of housing accommodations in a city having a population of less than one million or a town or village as to which an emergency has been declared pursuant to section three, who, upon complaint of a tenant or of the state division of housing and community renewal, is found by the state division of housing and community renewal, after a reasonable opportu- nity to be heard, to have collected an overcharge above the rent author- ized for a housing accommodation subject to this act shall be liable to the tenant for a penalty equal to [three] AT LEAST THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED FIVE times the amount of such overcharge. If the owner establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the overcharge was neither willful nor attributable to his OR HER negligence, the state division of housing and community renewal shall establish the penalty as the amount of the overcharge plus interest at the rate of interest paya- ble on a judgment pursuant to section five thousand four of the civil practice law and rules. After a complaint of rent overcharge has been filed and served on an owner, the voluntary adjustment of the rent EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00964-01-3
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
2023-S2482A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
- Law Section:
- Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §12, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §26-516, NYC Ad Cd
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2015-2016:
S6454
2017-2018: S122
2019-2020: S238
2021-2022: S4637
2023-S2482A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2482A SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven- ty-four, and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to penalties for owners of property who fail to file a proper or timely rent registration statement PURPOSE: This bill imposes penalties on property owners who fail to file a proper or timely rent registration statement. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one amends the opening paragraph of paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 12 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, consti- tuting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, as amended by chapter 116 of the law of 1997, to increase the penalty for a rent overcharge of a rent-stabilized apartment from three times the
2023-S2482A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2482--A Cal. No. 369 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 20, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, amended on second report, ordered to a third reading, and to be reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven- ty-four, and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to penalties for owners of property who fail to file a proper or timely rent registration statement THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The opening paragraph and clause (ii) of subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 12 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, as amended by section 1 of part F of chap- ter 36 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows: Subject to the conditions and limitations of this paragraph, any owner of housing accommodations in a city having a population of less than one million or a town or village as to which an emergency has been declared pursuant to section three, who, upon complaint of a tenant or of the state division of housing and community renewal, is found by the state division of housing and community renewal, after a reasonable opportu- nity to be heard, to have collected an overcharge above the rent author- ized for a housing accommodation subject to this act shall be liable to the tenant for a penalty equal to [three] FIVE times the amount of such overcharge FOR A FIRST OFFENSE AND TEN TIMES THE AMOUNT OF SUCH OVER- CHARGE FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE. If the owner establishes by a prepon- derance of the evidence that the overcharge was neither willful nor attributable to [his] THEIR negligence, the state division of housing and community renewal shall establish the penalty as the amount of the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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