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- Referred to housing, construction and community development
- Referred to housing, construction and community development
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Relates to publication of common authorized non-rental fees
In Assembly Committee · Housing · Sponsor Jeffrey Dinowitz
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BILL NUMBER:S3592
Title of bill
An act to amend the public housing law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to non-rental fees charged by landlords
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill would require the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) to publish an informational pamphlet providing information on the most common non-rental fees that DHCR authorizes landlords to impose on tenants and provides for the distribution of the pamphlets to landlords and ultimately to tenants of rent regulated housing.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends section 14 of the public housing law by adding a new subdivision 7 that would require the Division of Housing and Community Renewal to produce and distribute annually, a pamphlet outlining the most common non-rental fees authorized by the Division to be imposed by landlords upon tenants.
Section 2 amends the administrative code of the city of New York by adding a new section 26-412.1 that would require every landlord of housing accommodation subject to that section or the emergency tenant protection act of 1974 to provide on an annual basis the pamphlet of information relating to non-rental fees which is developed and distributed annually by DHCR.
Section 3 sets the effective date.
Justification
Recently the New York Times brought to light the issue many low-income New Yorkers are facing from their landlords of rent regulated apartments. Non-rental fees have become a new tactic of landlords to either coerce tenants into paying money for various types of fees they do not actually owe, or to push tenants out of their apartment altogether.
This legislation would help tenants to understand what the fees their landlord may legally charge them, why they are being charged, and other useful information that would help clarify this often confusing set of fees that are often collected along side rent. Often times fees can appear on a rent bill or other correspondence that a tenant might not understand or there is no explanation. Tenants are coerced to believe they need to pay the fees or their housing can be in jeopardy, which is not always the case.
Prior legislative history
This is a New Bill
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section 26-412.1 of the city rent and rehabilitation law as added by section two of this act shall remain in full force and effect only as long as the public emergency requiring the regulation and control of residential rents and evictions continues, as provided in subdivision 3
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