Senate Bill S3569

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Allows prospective tenants of rent controlled or rent stabilized housing accommodations to request the complete rent history of such 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-S3569 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S9246
2023-2024: S1870

2025-S3569 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows prospective tenants of rent controlled or rent stabilized housing accommodations to request the complete rent history of such housing accommodations.

2025-S3569 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3569 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3569
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  CLEARE,  JACKSON,  WEBB -- 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 allowing prospec-
   tive tenants of rent controlled or rent  stabilized  housing  accommo-
   dations  to request the complete rent history of such housing accommo-
   dations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 14 of the public housing law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  THE  AGENCY SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS, RULES AND POLICIES WHICH
 PROVIDE FOR THE ABILITY OF A PROSPECTIVE TENANT, DEFINED AS AN APPLICANT
 WHO HAS MADE A GOOD FAITH DEPOSIT WITH THE INTENTION  TO  ENTER  INTO  A
 LEASE  FOR  A  RENT  CONTROLLED OR RENT STABILIZED HOUSING ACCOMMODATION
 PROTECTED BY THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT  OF  NINETEEN  SEVENTY-
 FOUR,  THE EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW, THE LOCAL EMERGENCY HOUS-
 ING RENT CONTROL ACT, THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY  OF  NEW  YORK
 AND  ANY  REGULATIONS,  RULES  AND POLICIES ENACTED PURSUANT THERETO, TO
 REQUEST AND RECEIVE A COPY OF THE COMPLETE RENT  HISTORY  OF  SUCH  RENT
 CONTROLLED OR RENT STABILIZED HOUSING ACCOMMODATION. SUCH RENT HISTORIES
 SHALL  AT  A  MINIMUM  INCLUDE RECORDS BACK TO THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-FOUR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08086-01-5

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