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History
- Referred to housing, construction and community development
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Relates to public members of a rent guidelines board
In Assembly Committee · Housing · Sponsor Shelley Mayer
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Title of bill
An act to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to public members of a rent guidelines board
Purpose or general idea of bill
This legislation would ensure that any person appointed as a public member of the rent guidelines board may not be employed by any entity which predominantly represents or advises landlords or tenants as part of their business or practice.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends subdivision a of section 4 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 349 of the laws of 1979 by adding a new section; changing the qualifications of and restrictions on public members.
Section 2 of the bill establishes the effective date.
Justification
The Emergency Tenants Protection Act (ETPA) of 1974 established the County Rent Guidelines Board in order to regulate rent adjustments and vacancy leases in apartments covered by ETPA. The purpose of the board is to balance the needs of landlords and tenants and independently set the maximum allowable rates for rent adjustments. Of the nine board members, five are designated as "public" members. Public members do not represent landlords or tenants; they ought to be neutral.
Despite existing restrictions on public members of the Board, in too many instances, the public members have the appearance of being or actually are excessively sympathetic to landlords. To address this, this bill seeks to reduce the number of years of experience the public members are required to have in finance, economics or housing from five years to two years. In addition, this legislation would ensure that any person appointed as a public member of the rent guidelines board is not employed by any entity which predominantly represents or advises landlords or tenants as part of their business or practice.
Prior legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This bill shall take effect immediately.
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