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Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol; repealer
In Senate Committee · Housing, Construction And Community Development · Sponsor Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol; repealer
In Senate Committee · Housing, Construction And Community Development · Sponsor Linda Rosenthal
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to making conforming technical changes; and to repeal paragraph 13 of subdivision a of section 5 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974 constituting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, paragraph (n) of subdivision 2 of section 2 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1946, constituting the emergency housing rent control law, and section 26-504.2 and subparagraph (k) of paragraph 2 of subdivision e of section 26-403 of the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to vacancy decontrol
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill repeals provisions of New York State and New York City statutes that remove apartments from rent stabilization or rent control when such apartments are vacated and could be rented under such statutes for monthly rents of $2,000 or more.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of this bill sets forth legislative findings and declaration of emergency
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Section 2 would repeal paragraph (n) of subdivision 2 of section 2 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1946, constituting the emergency rent control law
Section 3 of this bill would repeal paragraph 13 of subdivision a of section 5 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of 1974
Section 4 would repeal subparagraph (k) of paragraph 2 of subdivision e of section 26-403 of the administrative code of the city of New York
Section 5 would repeal section 26-504.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York
Section 6 and Section 7 also subject accommodations to regulation under such laws which were deregulated upon vacancy on or after January 1, 2007 or which were deregulated upon vacancy prior to January 1, 2007 and which rented for less than $5,000 per month in New York City or less than $3,500 per month in the counties of Westchester, Nassau, and Rockland on or after January 1, 2007.
Section 8 and 9 repeal vacancy decontrol provisions of the New York City Administrative Code and the Emergency Tenant Protection Act that relate to preferential rents, respectively.
Section 10 provides for an immediate effective date.
Justification
The shortage of affordable housing in New York City, in the suburban counties of Westchester, Nassau, and Rockland and in many other areas of the state is an acute crisis. The systems of rent regulation presently existing are the single most effective program of state and local governments to preserve the supply of affordable housing. These programs have been seriously eroded by the vacancy decontrol laws. Available data and several studies suggest that over 300,000 rent stabilized apartments have been removed from regulation in New York City and the counties of Westchester, Nassau, and Rockland under vacancy decontrol. The pace at which vacancy decontrol removes affordable housing units from regulation is accelerating with each passing year.
Vacancy decontrol is an incentive for owners of rental housing to withhold services and to use forms of harassment to induce regulated tenants to vacate their rental units. In some instances, costs of renovation have been inflated or even falsified in order to drive apartment rents to the $2,000 threshold for vacancy decontrol. In other cases no renovations at all are done to vacant apartments and such apartments are treated as deregulated regardless of the legal rent. Such abuses are made possible by the existence of the vacancy decontrol laws. Repeal of vacancy decontrol is essential to restore the integrity of the rent regulation systems and to protect the state's precious supply of affordable housing.
Prior legislative history
Similar to: 2008: A7416A-Passed Assembly/S5149B Referred to Housing 2007: A7416A - Passed Assembly 2006: A6916 - Housing 2005: A6916 - Third reading calendar 2004: A10845 - Passed Assembly 2002: A1101- Passed Assembly
Fiscal implications
Some costs may be incurred by DHCR.
Effective date
Immediately.
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