Assembly Bill A1876

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to rent registration statements to be filed for vacant units

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A1876 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974
Laws Affected:
Amd §12-a, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §26-517, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A5692

2025-A1876 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires owners of housing accommodations subject to rent registration to file an additional statement at three month intervals, until the unit is occupied.

2025-A1876 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1876
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSENTHAL, BURDICK, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, EPSTEIN,
   SEAWRIGHT, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Hous-
   ing
 
 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 rent registration statements for vacant units

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision f of section 12-a of section 4 of  chapter  576
 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of
 nineteen  seventy-four,  as added by chapter 403 of the laws of 1983, is
 amended to read as follows:
   f. An annual statement shall  be  filed  containing the  current  rent
 for  each  unit and such other information contained in subdivision a of
 this section as shall be required by the  division.    The  owner  shall
 provide  each  tenant  then  in occupancy with a copy of that portion of
 such annual statement as pertains to  the  tenant's  unit.    FOR  UNITS
 REGISTERED AS VACANT ON THE DATE REQUIRED BY THE DIVISION, AN ADDITIONAL
 STATEMENT  SHALL  BE  FILED  CONTAINING  THE CURRENT RENT AND SUCH OTHER
 INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION  AT  THREE  MONTH
 INTERVALS UNTIL SUCH UNIT HAS A TENANT IN OCCUPANCY.
   § 2. Subdivision f of section 26-517 of the administrative code of the
 city of New York is amended to read as follows:
   f.  An annual statement shall be filed containing the current rent for
 each unit and such other information contained in subdivision a of  this
 section  as  shall  be required by the division. The owner shall provide
 each tenant then in occupancy with a copy of that portion of such annual
 statement as pertains to the tenant's unit.   FOR  UNITS  REGISTERED  AS
 VACANT  ON  THE  DATE  REQUIRED BY THE DIVISION, AN ADDITIONAL STATEMENT
 SHALL BE FILED CONTAINING THE CURRENT RENT AND  SUCH  OTHER  INFORMATION
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04691-01-5
 A. 1876                             2

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