What's happening
This bill requires certain short-term rental class B multiple dwellings near residential areas or schools to get community board approval after a public hearing.
Why it matters
Gives local communities more control. By requiring community board approval for short-term rentals near homes and schools, local residents and officials gain a direct say in whether these businesses can operate in their neighborhoods.
Could impact availability of short-term rentals. The extra petition and hearing step may make it harder or slower for property owners to offer short-term stays, potentially reducing options for travelers and affecting hosts’ income.
Aims to address quality-of-life concerns. The public hearing process gives residents a formal way to voice concerns about noise, safety, or neighborhood disruption from short-term rentals in sensitive areas.
May set a precedent for future regulation. If effective, this approach could influence broader state or city policy on balancing tourism, housing, and residential community interests.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
499
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to require certain uses of class B multiple dwelling to undergo a petition and public hearing process with the relevant community board
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the operation of any class B multiple dwelling as defined by subdivision 9 of section 4 of the multiple dwelling law that rents or leases units for a period of less than twelve hours located on or within two hundred fifty feet of a parcel of land zoned for residential use or a school shall require a petition to be filed with and approved by the community board for the area where such housing is to be located. The community board shall, not later than forty-five days after receipt of such petition, conduct a public hearing thereon and render a decision within thirty days of such public hearing as to whether such multiple dwelling may operate.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06438-01-7
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