Authorizes appointment of alternate rent guidelines board members in the city of New York, counties outside the city, towns, and villages

1 Co-sponsor

• Ruben Diaz

Title of bill

An act to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to alternates on rent guidelines boards

Purpose or general idea

Provides for alternate member s on a rent guidelines Board.

Summary of specific provisions

Amends the emergency tenant protection act and the administrative code of the City of New York to provide that, in addition to the nine regular members of a rent guidelines board, there shall be an additional three members who will be alternates. They shall represent respectively, the public, the landlords and the tenants. The alternates shall be permitted to participate in all proceedings of the board as non-voting members. They shall only be permitted to participate as voting members and receive a per-diem where the primary member is unable to attend the proceeding.

Effects of present law which this bill would alter

The Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 provides for the creation of a rent guidelines board when the municipality determines an emergency exists under section three of the act. This bill would provide that, upon the absence of a regular member of the board, an alternate member would be made available at the same salary. The administrative code of N.Y. City will be affected similarly.

Justification

Too often, rent guidelines board meetings do not have the required number of representative members in attendance due to a variety of reasons. (Absences, illness, other business etc.) This bill provides that, for each of the representative groups, one alternate member shall be appointed to vote in the place of an absent regular member.

Prior legislative history

A.1178 (1993-94), A.477 (1995-96), A.736 (1997-98), A.898 (1999-2000), A.657 (2001-02), A.499-a, passed Assembly (2003-04), A.2541 (2005-06), A.4501 (2007-200B)

Fiscal implication for state and local governments

None

Effective date

Immediately, provided that the amendment to section 4 of the emergency tenant protection act of 1974 made by section one of this act shall expire on the same date as such act expires and shall not affect the expiration of such act as provided in section 17 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, and further provided that the amendment to section 26-510 of the rent stabilization law of 1966 made by section 2 of this act shall expire on the same date as such law expires and shall not affect the expiration of such law as provided under section 26-520 of such law.