Senate Bill S1642

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the replacement of certain rent stabilized housing accommodations

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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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2025-S1642 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §4, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L; amd §5, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; add §§26-418 & 26-512.1, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8237
2023-2024: S203

2025-S1642 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires rent stabilized housing accommodations lost or destroyed due to fire, natural disaster, act of God, act of war or eminent domain, to be replaced in any succeeding construction on the same parcel.

2025-S1642 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1642 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1642
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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, the
   emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emer-
   gency housing rent control law, in relation to requiring the  replace-
   ment of certain rent stabilized housing accommodations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1946,  constituting
 the  emergency  housing  rent  control  law,  is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 2-c to read as follows:
   2-C. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  WHERE  A
 HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION  SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT IS LOST OR
 DESTROYED DUE TO FIRE, NATURAL DISASTER, ACT  OF  GOD,  ACT  OF  WAR  OR
 EMINENT  DOMAIN,  SUCH  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION  SHALL BE REPLACED IN ANY
 SUCCEEDING CONSTRUCTION ON THE SAME  PARCEL.  SUCH  REPLACEMENT  HOUSING
 ACCOMMODATION  SHALL BE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE LOST HOUSING ACCOM-
 MODATION AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT WITH A MAXI-
 MUM RENT THAT IS EQUAL TO THE MAXIMUM RENT OF THE LOST HOUSING  ACCOMMO-
 DATION.
   §  2.  Section  5  of  section  4  of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974,
 constituting the emergency tenant protection act  of  nineteen  seventy-
 four, is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows:
   G. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE A HOUS-
 ING  ACCOMMODATION  SUBJECT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS ACT IS LOST OR
 DESTROYED DUE TO FIRE, NATURAL DISASTER, ACT  OF  GOD,  ACT  OF  WAR  OR
 EMINENT  DOMAIN,  SUCH  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATION  SHALL BE REPLACED IN ANY
 SUCCEEDING CONSTRUCTION ON THE SAME  PARCEL.  SUCH  REPLACEMENT  HOUSING
 ACCOMMODATION  SHALL BE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE LOST HOUSING ACCOM-
 MODATION AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ACT  WITH  AN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04829-01-5

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