NY State Senate Bill 2023-S5070

Senate Bill S5070

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Extends rent stabilization to units occupied by tenants of housing accommodations owned by charitable and non-profit institutions

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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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Jan 03, 2024	referred to housing, construction and community development
Feb 22, 2023	referred to housing, construction and community development

2023-S5070 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2822
Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Amd §26-511, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S8322, A8154

2023-S5070 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that certain charitable and non-profit institutions shall not have the right to refuse to renew a lease of any current or future tenant occupying housing accommodations owned by such institution except where specifically authorized by law.

2023-S5070 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5070

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to extending rent stabilization to units occupied by tenants of
housing accommodations owned by charitable and non-profit institutions

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to
extending rent stabilization to units occupied by tenants of housing
accommodations owned by charitable and non-profit institutions.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This legislation amends the administrative code to extend rent stabili-
zation beyond current requirements for apartments owned by charitable
and non-profit institutions.

Section 1, Clause (i) of subparagraph (c) of paragraph 9 of subdivision

c of section 26-511 of the administrative code of the city of New York
will be amended to include the words

 
WITH ADDED SECTIONS UNDERLINED

"any unit occupied by a tenant whose right to occupancy commenced prior
to" July 1, 1978...the institution shall not have the right to refuse to
renew such tenant or his or her successors, or any tenant thereafter
pursuant to this subparagraph unless such refusal or non-renewal is
based on other grounds specified in state law."

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Private, non-profit institutions own significant portions of the real
estate in New York's cities and are able to benefit from decontrol of
their rent-stabilized units without providing benefits to the community.
Decreased rent-regulation in neighborhoods that previously contained
diverse communities contributes to the isolation of private institutions
and separation from the rest of city residents.  Requiring rent stabi-
lized apartments to remain rent stabilized allows long time neighborhood
residents the opportunity to continue living in the communities that
they would otherwise be priced out of due to rising rents.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective 90 days after becoming law.

2023-S5070 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5070
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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, in
   relation to extending rent stabilization to units occupied by  tenants
   of  housing  accommodations  owned by charitable and non-profit insti-
   tutions
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Clause (i) of subparagraph (c) of paragraph 9 of subdivi-
 sion c of section 26-511 of the administrative code of the city  of  New
 York, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  the  tenant's  initial tenancy commenced after the owner acquired
 the property and the owner requires the  unit  in  connection  with  its
 charitable  or educational purposes including, but not limited to, hous-
 ing for affiliated persons; provided that with respect to any UNIT OCCU-
 PIED BY A tenant whose right to occupancy commenced prior to July first,
 nineteen hundred seventy-eight pursuant to a written  lease  or  written
 rental  agreement  and  who  did  not  receive notice at the time of the
 execution of the lease that his or her tenancy was subject to  non-rene-
 wal,  the  institution  shall not have the right to refuse to renew SUCH
 TENANT OR HIS OR HER SUCCESSORS, OR ANY TENANT THEREAFTER,  pursuant  to
 this  subparagraph  UNLESS SUCH REFUSAL OR NON-RENEWAL IS BASED ON OTHER
 GROUNDS SPECIFIED IN STATE LAW; provided further that a tenant  who  was
 affiliated with the institution at the commencement of his or her tenan-
 cy  and  whose affiliation terminates during such tenancy shall not have
 the right to a renewal lease; or
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
 ments  to  section 26-511 of chapter 4 of title 26 of the administrative
 code of the city of New York made by  section  one  of  this  act  shall
 expire  on  the  same  date as such law expires and shall not affect the
 expiration of such law as provided under section 26-520 of such law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD07418-01-3

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