NY State Senate Bill 2025-S3742

Senate Bill S3742

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to information to be provided with all new and renewal leases for certain housing accommodations

download bill text pdf

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government 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

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 29, 2025	referred to local government

2025-S3742 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §467-b, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S6906

2025-S3742 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires landlords of certain housing accommodations to include with all new and renewal leases, on any rent bills, including any electronic communication the informational material describing eligibility for and the benefits of the senior rent increase exemption program and the disability rent increase exemption program.

2025-S3742 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S3742

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to information to
be provided with all new and renewal leases for certain housing accommo-
dations

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation will ensure tenants receive information regarding the
Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) and Disability Rent
Increase Exemption (DRIB) programs.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one amends subparagraph 2 of paragraph i of subdivision 3 of
section 467-b of the real property tax law.

Section two establishes an effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The New York City Department of Finance's (DOP) SCRIE and DRIE programs
exempt eligible seniors and people with disabilities living in rent-re-
gulated apartments and certain Mitchell-Lama developments from future
rent increases. The program caps tenants' rent at one third of a
tenant's monthly income or the rental amount from their previous lease.
Landlords receive a credit on their property tax bill from the City for
the difference between the legal and frozen rent.  As the cost of living
continues to rise, these programs provide critical assistance to
tenants. According to a recent report by the DOF, the estimated number
of households eligible for SCRIE or DRIE has increased over the years,
yet, more than 40 percent of eligible tenants are not enrolled in the
program. Requiring information about the program to be included on every
rent bill will alert more people about the existence of the program.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall become law.

2025-S3742 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3742
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to information to
   be provided with all new and renewal leases for certain housing accom-
   modations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph 2 of paragraph i of subdivision 3 of section
 467-b of the real property tax law, as added by chapter 424 of the  laws
 of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  a  landlord of any housing accommodation subject to provisions of
 the local emergency housing  rent  control  act,  the  emergency  tenant
 protection act of nineteen seventy-four or any local laws enacted pursu-
 ant thereto, the emergency housing rent control law or the rent stabili-
 zation  law  of nineteen hundred sixty-nine shall, at least [once] TWICE
 annually, [including] PROVIDE with [a]  ALL  new  [lease  and  all]  AND
 renewal  leases,  AND  ANY WRITTEN LEASE MODIFICATIONS, delivered to the
 occupant of such accommodation,  [provide]  the  informational  material
 describing  eligibility  for and the benefits of the senior citizen rent
 increase exemption program and the disability  rent  increase  exemption
 program, as provided by the entity administering the program pursuant to
 subparagraph  one  of  this  paragraph;  PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUCH
 INFORMATION PROVIDED AS PART OF A NEW OR RENEWAL LEASE, OR WRITTEN LEASE
 MODIFICATION, SHALL COUNT TOWARD THE REQUIREMENT FOR TWO ANNUAL NOTICES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04268-02-5

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.