What's happening
This bill extends protections for certain senior citizens in New York City, allowing them to remain in their homes during cooperative or condominium conversions until June 15, 2022.
Why it matters
Prevents displacement of long-term senior tenants. By allowing eligible senior citizens who have lived in their apartments since before 1982 to stay during condo/co-op conversions, the bill protects a vulnerable population from sudden eviction and the stress of relocation, which can be particularly harmful for older adults.
Stabilizes neighborhoods and communities. Keeping seniors in their homes helps maintain established social networks and neighborhood stability, as these residents often play important roles in their communities and may have limited options for affordable alternative housing.
Limits the scope of succession rights. The bill specifies that only spouses and certain family members already listed on the lease can succeed the right to the protected tenancy, balancing tenant protections with property owners’ interests and clarifying who may benefit from these extended protections.
Extends legal protections amid ongoing housing pressures. By pushing the expiration date of these protections to June 15, 2022, the legislation acknowledges that the housing market and conversion pressures remain significant, and that ongoing intervention is needed to prevent displacement of seniors in New York City.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
110
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE (Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
AN ACT to provide continued tenancy for certain non-purchasing senior citizens in the city of New York; and to amend chapter 555 of the laws of 1982 amending the general business law and the administrative code of the city of New York relating to conversion of residential property to cooperative or condominium ownership in the city of New York, in relation to extending the expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The legislature hereby finds that due to the special circumstances of senior citizens, a greater degree of care must be taken in preserving the essentials of life for the elderly. In 1982, and again in 1986, the legislature recognized the particular hardship of relocation for such persons and extended to eligible senior citizens protection from eviction pursuant to certain cooperative or condominium conversion plans. The legislature hereby finds that greater protection must be afforded to senior citizens currently residing in multiple dwellings subject to a cooperative or condominium conversion plan in the city of New York and threatened with eviction pursuant to an eviction plan.
§ 2. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, any person who attains the age of sixty-two years or older on or before July 1, 2017, who is and has continuously been since prior to January 1, 1982, a tenant of a dwelling unit located in a building or group of buildings or development in the city of New York subject to a cooperative or condominium conversion eviction plan, and who is a non-purchasing tenant and otherwise subject to eviction may remain in occupancy, with all of the rights of non-purchasing tenants as provided in paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 352-eeee of the general business law and all
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protections extended by applicable rent regulation laws and provisions; provided, however, that the units occupied by such tenants or the shares allocated thereto have not been sold to a bona fide purchaser for occupancy prior to the effective date of this act; and provided further, however, that the right of succession with respect to such unit shall be limited to the spouses of such tenants, and thereafter, such family members of such tenants which are named on the lease for such dwelling unit.
§ 3. Section 10 of chapter 555 of the laws of 1982, amending the general business law and the administrative code of the city of New York relating to conversion of residential property to cooperative or condominium ownership in the city of New York, as amended by section 4 of part A of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
§ 10. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, that the provisions of sections one, two and nine of this act shall remain in full force and effect only until and including June 15, [2019] 2022; provided further that the provisions of section three of this act shall remain in full force and effect only so long as the public emergency requiring the regulation and control of residential rents and evictions continues as provided in subdivision 3 of section 1 of the local emergency housing rent control act; provided further that the provisions of sections four, five, six and seven of this act shall expire in accordance with the provisions of section 26-520 of the administrative code of the city of New York as such section of the administrative code is, from time to time, amended; provided further that the provisions of section 26-511 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by this act, which the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development must find are contained in the code of the real estate industry stabilization association of such city in order to approve it, shall be deemed contained therein as of the effective date of this act; and provided further that any plan accepted for filing by the department of law on or before the effective date of this act shall continue to be governed by the provisions of section 352-eeee of the general business law as they had existed immediately prior to the effective date of this act.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Title of bill
An act to provide continued tenancy for certain non-purchasing senior citizens in the city of New York; and to amend chapter 555 of the laws of 1982 amending the general business law and the administrative code of the city of New York relating to conversion of residential property to cooperative or condominium ownership in the city of New York, in relation to extending the expiration thereof
Purpose or general idea of bill
To provide that any citizen, age 62 or older, who has maintained a continued occupancy and is a non-purchasing tenant in a multiple dwelling unit which has been converted to a coop or condominium, pursuant to an eviction plan, will not be subject to an eviction.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of the bill is the legislative intent.
Section 2 of the bill extends protections to long residing tenants in instances of condominium and co-operative housing conversions.
Section 3 provides for an effective date.
Justification
Over the past decade, the legislature has enacted into law protections to ensure that senior citizens should not be subject to eviction under co-op and condominium conversion plans. Despite these attempts to provide a blanket protection, there are still senior citizens who continue to reside in multiple dwelling units who are not afforded these protections.
With the vacancy rate in NYC remaining under five percent, and therefore housing being scarce, it is incumbent upon the legislature to insure that senior citizens be afforded protections against eviction plans, as long as they meet certain requirements:
1. be 62 years of age or older;
2. has maintained a continued occupancy;
3. and is a non-purchasing tenant in a multiple dwelling unit which has been converted to a co-op or condominium, pursuant to an eviction plan. This bill provides the necessary protection.
Prior legislative history
S.3746 of 2015-2016 (Espaillat): Died in Housing, Construction & Community Development S.1725 of 2013-2014 (Espaillat): Died in Housing, Construction & Community Development
S.3113 of 2011-2012 (Espaillat): Died in Housing, Construction & Community Development A.564 of 2011-2012 (Dinowitz): Died in Housing S.1028-A of 2009-2010 (Krueger): Died in Rules (2009)/Advanced to Third Reading Calendar (2010) A.5610 of 2009-2010 (Dinowitz): Died in Housing
Fiscal implications
None to the state. EFFECTIVE DATE : This act shall take effect immediately.
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