What's happening
This bill allows New York City's housing department to exercise state tenant protection and rent control powers under agreement with the state.
Why it matters
Allows New York City’s housing department to directly administer and enforce state-level rent control and tenant protection laws, potentially speeding up local response and oversight of landlord-tenant issues.
Creates flexibility for the city to tailor the enforcement of these laws to local needs, possibly improving protections for tenants and adapting to unique NYC housing challenges more rapidly than the state could alone.
Could streamline investigations, inspections, and enforcement by empowering local officials, rather than relying solely on state agencies, making it easier for tenants to seek help and for violations to be addressed.
Introduces a formal mechanism for cooperation between city and state housing agencies, which may lead to more consistent application of rent regulations and tenant protections within New York City.
Albany, before your first meeting.
Every bill that moved yesterday, summarized in a sentence and ranked by impact. The Albany Scorecard follows on Sundays.
Free. Unsubscribe in one click. Want alerts on specific bills? Create an account.
Who cares
Headline styles
Share Housing Oversight Powers
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to housing
- Referred to housing
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Let NYC Inspect Housing
In Senate Committee · Housing, Construction And Community Development · Sponsor Liz Krueger
Full text
2 pagesUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗
STATE OF NEW YORK
3125
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 26, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, GLICK, ROSENTHAL, SEPULVEDA -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. CARROLL, FARRELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, the emergency housing rent control law and the New York city charter, in relation to investigations and inspections by the city of New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 12 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four is amended by adding a new paragraph 9 to read as follows:
(9) The state division of housing and community renewal may authorize the department of housing preservation and development in the city of New York, or its successor agency, to exercise any of the division's powers under this act within the city of New York, pursuant to agreement with that department or agency.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 6 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1946, constituting the emergency housing rent control law, as amended by chapter 337 of the laws of 1961, is amended to read as follows:
1. (a) The state division of housing and community renewal may authorize the department of housing preservation and development in the city of New York, or its successor agency, to exercise any of the division's powers under this law within the city of New York, pursuant to agreement with that department or agency.
(b) The commission is authorized to make such studies and investigations, to conduct such hearings, and to obtain such information as the commission deems necessary or proper in prescribing any regulation or order under this act or in the administration and enforcement of this act and regulations and orders thereunder.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02603-01-7
A. 3125 2
§ 3. Section 1802 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
7. all powers, rights and duties authorized by and pursuant to an agreement with the New York state division of housing and community renewal, or its successor agency, under section twelve of the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and subdivision one of section six of the emergency housing rent control law.
§ 4. Severability. If any provision of this act, or any application of any provision of this act, is held to be invalid, that shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of any other provision of this act, or of any other application of any provision of this act or any other provision of any law or code amended by this act.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amendments to section 12 of the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four 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 provided that the amendments to section six of the emergency housing rent control law made by section two of this act shall expire on the same date as such law expires and shall not affect the expiration of such law as provided in subdivision 2 of section 1 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1946.
Reflowed for reading: line numbers and page breaks removed. Cite the official text.
Summaries, headlines and scores are AI-generated from the official bill text. How we score bills. Source: NYS Open Legislation.