Senate Bill S9123B

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the status of an interim multiple dwelling unit as a protected occupant's primary residence

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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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2023-S9123 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9783
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §286, Mult Dwell L

2023-S9123 - Summary

Relates to the determination of the status of an interim multiple dwelling unit as a protected occupant's primary residence by the loft board or a court of competent jurisdiction, or by registration of with the loft board; provides factors for consideration for such findings; restores certain landlord-tenant relationships severed prior to the effective date.

2023-S9123 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9123 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9123
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 29, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GONZALEZ -- 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 multiple dwelling law, in relation to coverage of a
   unit or occupant and the status of an interim multiple  dwelling  unit
   as a protected occupant's primary residence

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
 declares  that  the findings in section 280 of the multiple dwelling law
 are reaffirmed; that the decision from  the  Appellate  Division,  First
 Department, in ONE DOUBLE NINE DASHING LLC V NEW YORK CITY LOFT BOARD ET
 AL.  (2022)  misinterpreted  the  relationship  of  primary residence to
 continued occupancy of potential protected occupants under  article  7-C
 of  the  multiple  dwelling law; that the unique illegal living arrange-
 ments of potential protected occupants prior to loft law coverage, with-
 out rent and eviction protections and without the applicability of mini-
 mum housing maintenance standards, necessitates  a  regulatory  approach
 which  is  not always the same as for other rent-regulated tenants; that
 the loft board properly concluded that the primary residence requirement
 in the statute is prospective from a determination of unit  coverage  or
 from  registration  of the unit with the loft board; that the loft board
 properly considered all relevant evidence and rejected a  position  that
 statements on tax returns alone are dispositive in making determinations
 regarding  primary  residence;  that prior to DASHING (2022) neither the
 courts nor the loft board has looked at statements made on  tax  returns
 as  controlling  when  evaluating  issues  of primary residence for loft
 tenants; that most loft tenants use for  business  purposes  significant
 portions of their lofts, which the loft law envisions as being legalized
 and  covered as joint live/work spaces; and that it is necessary for the
 legislature to correct the misinterpretation in DASHING  (2022)  and  to
 clarify,  and  to codify in the law, what has been loft board policy and
 precedent based on the current law,  loft  board  rules,  and  the  loft
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14985-01-4
              

2023-S9123A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9783
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §286, Mult Dwell L

2023-S9123A - Summary

Relates to the determination of the status of an interim multiple dwelling unit as a protected occupant's primary residence by the loft board or a court of competent jurisdiction, or by registration of with the loft board; provides factors for consideration for such findings; restores certain landlord-tenant relationships severed prior to the effective date.

2023-S9123A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9123A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9123--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 29, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GONZALEZ -- 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 multiple dwelling law, in relation to the status  of
   an  interim  multiple  dwelling unit as a protected occupant's primary
   residence
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings.  The  legislature hereby finds and
 declares that the findings in section 280 of the multiple  dwelling  law
 are  reaffirmed;  that  the  decision from the Appellate Division, First
 Department, in ONE DOUBLE NINE DASHING LLC V NEW YORK CITY LOFT BOARD ET
 AL. (2022) misinterpreted  the  relationship  of  primary  residence  to
 continued  occupancy  of potential protected occupants under article 7-C
 of the multiple dwelling law; that the unique  illegal  living  arrange-
 ments of potential protected occupants prior to loft law coverage, with-
 out rent and eviction protections and without the applicability of mini-
 mum  housing  maintenance  standards, necessitates a regulatory approach
 which is not always the same as for other rent-regulated  tenants;  that
 the loft board properly concluded that the primary residence requirement
 in the statute is prospective from an application for protected occupan-
 cy  or  from registration of the unit with the loft board; that the loft
 board properly considered all relevant evidence and rejected a  position
 that  statements on tax returns alone are determinative in making deter-
 minations regarding primary residence;  that  prior  to  DASHING  (2022)
 neither  the  courts nor the loft board has looked at statements made on
 tax returns as controlling when evaluating issues of  primary  residence
 for  loft  tenants;  that  most  loft  tenants use for business purposes
 significant portions of their lofts, which the  loft  law  envisions  as
 being  legalized  and  covered as joint live/work spaces; and that it is
 necessary for the legislature to correct the misinterpretation in  DASH-
 ING  (2022) and to clarify, and to codify in the law, what has been loft
 board policy and precedent based on the current law, loft  board  rules,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2023-S9123B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9783
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §286, Mult Dwell L

2023-S9123B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the determination of the status of an interim multiple dwelling unit as a protected occupant's primary residence by the loft board or a court of competent jurisdiction, or by registration of with the loft board; provides factors for consideration for such findings; restores certain landlord-tenant relationships severed prior to the effective date.

2023-S9123B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9123B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9123--B
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 29, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GONZALEZ -- 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  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN  ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to the status of
   an interim multiple dwelling unit as a  protected  occupant's  primary
   residence
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
 declares  that  the findings in section 280 of the multiple dwelling law
 are reaffirmed; that the decision from  the  Appellate  Division,  First
 Department, in ONE DOUBLE NINE DASHING LLC V NEW YORK CITY LOFT BOARD ET
 AL.  (2022)  misinterpreted  the  relationship  of  primary residence to
 continued occupancy of potential protected occupants under  article  7-C
 of  the  multiple  dwelling law; that the unique illegal living arrange-
 ments of potential protected occupants prior to loft law coverage, with-
 out rent and eviction protections and without the applicability of mini-
 mum housing maintenance standards, necessitates  a  regulatory  approach
 which  is  not always the same as for other rent-regulated tenants; that
 the loft board properly concluded that the primary residence requirement
 in the statute is prospective from an application for protected occupan-
 cy or from registration of the unit with the loft board; that  the  loft
 board  properly considered all relevant evidence and rejected a position
 that statements on tax returns alone are determinative in making  deter-
 minations  regarding  primary  residence;  that  prior to DASHING (2022)
 neither the courts nor the loft board has looked at statements  made  on
 tax  returns  as controlling when evaluating issues of primary residence
 for loft tenants; that most  loft  tenants  use  for  business  purposes
 portions of their lofts, which the loft law envisions as being legalized
 and covered as joint live/work spaces, so long as the residential use is
 the  primary  use of the unit; and that it is necessary for the legisla-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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