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- Recommit, enacting clause stricken
- Referred to housing, construction and community development
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Title of bill
An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the emergency housing rent control law and the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to an owner's right to recover an apartment for personal use
Purpose or general idea of bill
To provide greater protection to tenants in cases where landlords seek to recover apartments for their own use.
Summary of specific provisions
* Amends paragraph 1 of subdivision b of section 26-408 of the administrative code of the City of New York;
* Amends subparagraph (b) of paragraph 9 of subdivision C of section 26-511 of the administrative code of the City of New York;
* Amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 5 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1946, constituting the emergency housing rent control law, as amended by chapter 234 of the laws of 1984;
* Amends subdivision a of section 10 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy four, as amended by chapter 234 of the laws of 1984
Justification
This bill would make uniform a number of present tenant protections which exist in the State's four regulatory systems in cases where landlords seek to recover apartments for their own use or the use of their family and add additional protections to the rent regulatory systems. Under this legislation, landlords in all four systems would be required to demonstrate immediate and compelling need and good faith and would have to utilize a recovered housing accommodation as their primary residence. The bill would also prohibit evictions for owner occupancy in cases where a landlord sought an apartment for non-residential use.
The tight rental housing markets which exist in regulated areas of the state, eviction is often a great hardship for tenants. This measure would protect tenants against evictions by imposing additional requirements in cases where landlords sought apartments for their own personal use. These additional requirements would help ensure that tenants could only be evicted from their homes when the landlord had sufficient justification to do so.
Prior legislative history
This bill has been introduced in previous legislative sessions.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately and applies to any tenant in possession at or after the time it takes effect (with additional provisions).
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