NY State Senate Bill 2025-S1437

Senate Bill S1437

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to publish on its website a database of major capital improvements

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

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Jan 09, 2025	referred to housing, construction and community development

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2025-S1437 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Add §19-b, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S3257
2013-2014: S2217
2015-2016: S3845
2017-2018: S3884
2019-2020: S5691
2021-2022: S3325
2023-2024: S2363

2025-S1437 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the division of housing and community renewal to publish on its website a database of building-wide major capital improvements installed by landlords in every city of more than one million inhabitants.

2025-S1437 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1437

SPONSOR: RIVERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to requiring the
division of housing and community renewal to establish a publicly acces-
sible online database of building-wide major capital improvements

 
PURPOSE:

This bill requires the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR)
to publish a database of major capital improvements (MCIs) on its
website.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the Public Housing Law, as it relates to the Division
of Housing, by adding a new section 19-b, to require the DHCR to publish
an online database for all MCI applications in cities with a population
of one million or more that includes the cost, make, and model, where
the item was purchased, name of company or individual installing the

item, and cost of installation.

Section 2 provides an effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Major capital improvements (MCIs) permanently raise rents for rent-regu-
lated tenants and are often fraudulently filed or used as a displacement
tool by landlords. Storing basic MCI information, most of which is
already collected by the Division of Housing and Community Renewal
(DHCR), into an accessible online database will allow tenants to be
empowered to fact-check MCI information filed by their landlords. This
bill will offer tenants an effective deterrent against fraud and give
them the information necessary to verify the accuracy of their rent
increases.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-2020: S5691 Rivera / A1298 Rosenthal L

2021-2022: S3325 Rivera / A2108 Rosenthal L

2023-2024: S2363-A Rivera / A589-A Rosenthal L - Vetoed memo. 17

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Since the Division of Housing and Community Renewal already maintains a
website, the additional cost posed by this feature should be minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take effect immediately.

2025-S1437 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1437
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. RIVERA, JACKSON -- 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 public housing law, in relation to requiring the
   division of housing and community  renewal  to  establish  a  publicly
   accessible online database of building-wide major capital improvements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a  new  section
 19-b to read as follows:
   §  19-B.  MAJOR  CAPITAL  IMPROVEMENT DATABASE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
 PUBLISH ON THE DIVISION WEBSITE A DATABASE OF BUILDING-WIDE MAJOR  CAPI-
 TAL  IMPROVEMENTS  PURSUANT  TO  THE  EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF
 NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR, THE RENT STABILIZATION  LAW  OF  NINETEEN  SIXTY-
 NINE,  THE  EMERGENCY  HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW, AND THE LOCAL EMERGENCY
 HOUSING RENT CONTROL ACT INSTALLED BY ANY LANDLORD IN EVERY CITY WITH  A
 POPULATION  OF  MORE  THAN  ONE MILLION INHABITANTS. SUCH DATABASE SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, AN ENTRY  THAT  DESCRIBES  THE  ITEM  OR
 REPAIR, INCLUDING:
   1. THE COST;
   2. MAKE AND MODEL;
   3. WHERE THE ITEM WAS PURCHASED;
   4. THE NAME OF COMPANY OR INDIVIDUAL CONDUCTING THE INSTALLATION; AND
   5. THE INSTALLATION COST.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04234-01-5

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Gustavo Rivera