What's happening
This bill, the "Tenant Protection Act of 2017," strengthens New York rent regulations by limiting rent increases, closing loopholes, and increasing tenant protections for regulated housing.
Why it matters
Eliminates “vacancy decontrol” and tightens loopholes. By repealing provisions that allowed deregulation of apartments after rents reached certain thresholds or after vacancy, the bill aims to preserve affordable, regulated housing stock and prevents landlords from removing units from regulation through rent increases or tenant turnover.
Restricts landlord recovery of units for personal use. Landlords may recover only one unit for personal or immediate family use as a primary residence, and cannot do so if the tenant is elderly (62+), disabled, or a long-term resident (20+ years), offering greater stability for vulnerable tenants.
Limits rent increases for improvements and clarifies process. Rent increases for major capital improvements (MCIs) and individual apartment improvements (IAIs) are made temporary rather than permanent, must be itemized with receipts, are capped at 20% of current rent, and surcharges end once costs are recouped—reducing incentives for excessive, profit-driven renovations and protecting tenants from large, permanent hikes.
Extends and standardizes tenant protections. Expands definitions of "tenant" to include children who have lived with their parent for two years and broadens "family member" eligibility, making succession rights more inclusive and ensuring more people are protected from eviction if the primary tenant leaves or dies.
Strengthens oversight and tenant participation. Landlords seeking major capital improvement increases must submit advance notice, detailed work statements, and affidavits attesting to no recent tenant harassment; tenant input is required before increases are approved, and rent increases are barred if hazardous violations exist, prioritizing tenant safety and accountability.
Caps annual rent increases for regulated units. Ensures that annual rent increases for rent-controlled apartments cannot exceed the average increases set by the rent guidelines board for stabilized apartments, helping prevent sudden or excessive rent spikes.
Removes surcharges for tenant-installed appliances. Prohibits landlords from charging extra fees for tenant-installed appliances when tenants pay for their own electricity, providing financial relief for tenants and reducing hidden costs of renting.
Brings certain formerly regulated or subsidized buildings back under rent regulation. Ensures that buildings exiting Mitchell-Lama or project-based Section 8 programs can be covered by rent stabilization, maintaining protections for tenants in buildings at risk of losing affordability due to expiring government contracts.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
808
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 5, 2017
Introduced by Sen. ALCANTARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emergency housing rent control law, in relation to recovery of certain housing accommodations by a landlord (Part A); to… Show allHide
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emergency housing rent control law, in relation to recovery of certain housing accommodations by a landlord (Part A); to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to limiting rent increase after vacancy of a housing accommodation; and to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emergency housing rent control law, in relation to adjustment of maximum allowable rent (Part B); to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventyfour, in relation to limited-profit housing companies and other buildings or structures which received project-based rental assistance (Part C); to amend the public housing law, in relation to the definition of "family member"; to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to the definition of a tenant (Part D); to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to making conforming technical changes; and to repeal paragraph 13 of subdivision a of section 5 of the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, paragraph (n) of subdivision 2 of section 2 of the emergency housing rent control law, and section 26-504.2 and subparagraph (k) of paragraph 2 of subdivision e of section 26-403 of the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to vacancy decontrol (Part E); to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emergency housing rent control law, in relation to extending the length of time over which major capital improvement expenses may be recovered and in relation to approval of major capital improvement rent increases (Part F); to amend the administrative code of the city [ ] is old law to be omitted.
S. 808 2 of New York and the emergency housing rent control law, in relation to the establishment of rent adjustments; and repealing certain provisions of the administrative code of the city of New York relating thereto (Part G); and to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to surcharges for the installation or use of certain appliances in housing accommodations subject to rent control (Part H)
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. This act enacts into law major components of legislation related to rent regulations in the state of New York. Each component is wholly contained within a Part identified as Parts A through H. The effective date for each particular provision contained within such Part is set forth in the last section of such Part. Any provision in any section contained within a Part, including the effective date of the Part, which makes reference to a section "of this act", when used in connection with that particular component, shall be deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding section of the Part in which it is found. Section four of this act sets forth the general effective date of this act.
§ 2. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "tenant protection act of 2017".
PART A
Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision b of section 26-408 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
(1) The landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession of a housing accommodation because of immediate and compelling necessity for his or her own personal use and occupancy as his or her primary residence or for the use and occupancy of his or her immediate family as their primary residence provided, however, that this subdivision shall permit recovery of only one housing accommodation and shall not apply where a member of the household lawfully occupying the housing accommodation is sixty-two years of age or older, has been a tenant in a housing accommodation in that building for twenty years or more, or has an impairment which results from anatomical, physiological or psychological conditions, other than addiction to alcohol, gambling, or any controlled substance, which are demonstrable by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques, and which are expected to be permanent and which prevent the tenant from engaging in any substantial gainful employment; or
§ 2. Subparagraph (b) of paragraph 9 of subdivision c of section 26-511 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
(b) where he or she seeks to recover possession of one [or more] dwelling [units] unit because of immediate and compelling necessity for his or her own personal use and occupancy as his or her primary residence [in the city of New York and/or] or for the use and occupancy of a member of his or her immediate family as his or her primary residence [in the city of New York], provided however, that this subparagraph shall permit recovery of only one dwelling unit and shall not apply
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where a tenant or the spouse of a tenant lawfully occupying the dwelling unit is sixty-two years of age or older, has been a tenant in a dwelling unit in that building for twenty years or more, or has an impairment which results from anatomical, physiological or psychological conditions, other than addiction to alcohol, gambling, or any controlled substance, which are demonstrable by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques, and which are expected to be permanent and which prevent the tenant from engaging in any substantial gainful employment, unless such owner offers to provide and if requested, provides an equivalent or superior housing accommodation at the same or lower stabilized rent in a closely proximate area. The provisions of this subparagraph shall only permit one of the individual owners of any building to recover possession of one [or more] dwelling [units] unit for his or her own personal use and/or for that of his or her immediate family. [Any] A dwelling unit recovered by an owner pursuant to this subparagraph shall not for a period of three years be rented, leased, subleased or assigned to any person other than a person for whose benefit recovery of the dwelling unit is permitted pursuant to this subparagraph or to the tenant in occupancy at the time of recovery under the same terms as the original lease. This subparagraph shall not be deemed to establish or eliminate any claim that the former tenant of the dwelling unit may otherwise have against the owner. Any such rental, lease, sublease or assignment during such period to any other person may be subject to a penalty of a forfeiture of the right to any increases in residential rents in such building for a period of three years; or
§ 3. Subdivision a of section 10 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 234 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
a. For cities having a population of less than one million and towns and villages, the state division of housing and community renewal shall be empowered to implement this act by appropriate regulations. Such regulations may encompass such speculative or manipulative practices or renting or leasing practices as the state division of housing and community renewal determines constitute or are likely to cause circumvention of this act. Such regulations shall prohibit practices which are likely to prevent any person from asserting any right or remedy granted by this act, including but not limited to retaliatory termination of periodic tenancies and shall require owners to grant a new one or two year vacancy or renewal lease at the option of the tenant, except where a mortgage or mortgage commitment existing as of the local effective date of this act provides that the owner shall not grant a one-year lease; and shall prescribe standards with respect to the terms and conditions of new and renewal leases, additional rent and such related matters as security deposits, advance rental payments, the use of escalator clauses in leases and provision for increase in rentals for garages and other ancillary facilities, so as to insure that the level of rent adjustments authorized under this law will not be subverted and made ineffective. Any provision of the regulations permitting an owner to refuse to renew a lease on grounds that the owner seeks to recover possession of [the] a housing accommodation for his or her own use and occupancy or for the use and occupancy of his or her immediate family shall permit recovery of only one housing accommodation, shall require that an owner demonstrate immediate and compelling need and that the housing accommodation will be the proposed occupants' primary residence and shall not apply where a member of the housing accommodation is sixty-two years of age or
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older, has been a tenant in a housing accommodation in that building for twenty years or more, or has an impairment which results from anatomical, physiological or psychological conditions, other than addiction to alcohol, gambling, or any controlled substance, which are demonstrable by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques, and which are expected to be permanent and which prevent the tenant from engaging in any substantial gainful employment.
§ 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 5 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1946, constituting the emergency housing rent control law, as amended by chapter 234 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
(a) the landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession of a housing [accommodations] accommodation because of immediate and compelling necessity for his or her own personal use and occupancy as his or her primary residence or for the use and occupancy of his or her immediate family as their primary residence; provided, however, this subdivision shall permit recovery of only one housing accommodation and shall not apply where a member of the household lawfully occupying the housing accommodation is sixty-two years of age or older, has been a tenant in a housing accommodation in that building for twenty years or more, or has an impairment which results from anatomical, physiological or psychological conditions, other than addiction to alcohol, gambling, or any controlled substance, which are demonstrable by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques, and which are expected to be permanent and which prevent the tenant from engaging in any substantial gainful employment; or
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any tenant in possession at or after the time it takes effect, regardless of whether the landlord's application for an order, refusal to renew a lease or refusal to extend or renew a tenancy took place before this act shall have taken effect, provided that:
a. the amendments to section 26-408 of the city rent and rehabilitation law made by section one 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 of section 1 of the local emergency housing rent control act;
b. the amendments to section 26-511 of the rent stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine 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 under section 26-520 of such law;
c. the amendments to subdivision a of section 10 of the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four made by section three 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
d. the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 5 of the emergency housing rent control law made by section four 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.
PART B
Section 1. Paragraph 5-a of subdivision c of section 26-511 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by section 16-a
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of part A of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emergency housing rent control law, in relation to recovery of certain housing accommodations by a landlord (Part A); to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to limiting rent increase after vacancy of a housing accommodation; and to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emergency housing rent control law, in relation to adjustment of maximum allowable rent (Part B); to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to limited-profit housing companies and other buildings or structures which received project-based rental assistance (Part C); to amend the public housing law, in relation to the definition of "family member"; to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to the definition of a tenant (Part D); to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to making conforming technical changes; and to repeal paragraph 13 of subdivision a of section 5 of the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, paragraph (n) of subdivision 2 of section 2 of the emergency housing rent control law, and section 26-504.2 and subparagraph (k) of paragraph 2 of subdivision e of section 26-403 of the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to vacancy decontrol (Part E); to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emergency housing rent control law, in relation to extending the length of time over which major capital improvement expenses may be recovered and in relation to approval of major capital improvement rent increases (Part F); to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the emergency housing rent control law, in relation to the establishment of rent adjustments; and repealing certain provisions of the administrative code of the city of New York relating thereto (Part G); and to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to surcharges for the installation or use of certain appliances in housing accommodations subject to rent control (Part H)
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to, expand tenant protections by limiting a landlord's ability to take possession of units for their own personal use, reduce the percentage by which rent may be increased upon vacancy, extend rent and eviction protections to tenants living in former federal Section 8 projects, allow cities with a population of one million or more to strengthen rent regulation laws or to provide more comprehensive coverage than provided by state laws, extend the various provisions of the rent stabilization and rent. Control laws, for an additional five years, until June 15, 20167 reduce the amount that rent can be increased to one-sixth of the cost of the improvement and authorizes the Division of Housing and Community Renewal to approve such rent increases for vacant apartments, repeals vacancy decontrol, prohibit an owner from adjusting the amount of preferential rent upon the renewal of a lease, extend the number of ownership years from three to six years in respect to eligibility for an alternative hardship rent adjustment, establish a methodology for determining major capitol improvement rent surcharges based on seven years, and protect tenants living in Mitchell-Lama housing by ext ending rent stabilization after they leave the supervision of the State.
Summary of specific provisions
Part A:
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*limit a landlord's ability to take possession of rent-regulated units for his or her own primary residence to cases of immediate and compelling necessity;
*permit recovery of only one such unit; and
*prohibit such recoveries if the tenant has occupied the apartment twenty or more Years
Part B:
*eliminate the automatic 20% vacancy bonus increase
*Cap the amount by which the legal rent of a vacant apartment can raised by Individual Apartment Improvements to 20%.
*Require landlords who are using Individual Apartment Improvements to justify rent increases of the legal rent to give an itemized list of the improvements and the accompanying receipts to the new tenant as a rider to the lease
*Changes law so IAI improvements are no longer permanent but temporary until the improvement cost is paid off.
Part C:
*authorize New York City or any city, town or village in the counties of Westchester, Nassau and Rockland to extend the Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA) to cover rental buildings which: (1) were owned by limited-profit housing companies which voluntarily dissolved or which will dissolve in the future, or (2) were covered by rental assistance contracts between their owners and BUD and such contracts expired or terminated previously or will terminate at some future date.
*set forth Legislative findings and declaration of emergency.
*amend Section 5 of section 4 of Chapter 576 of the laws of 1974 constituting the emergency tenant protection act of 1974 by adding a new subdivision c to set rents for buildings completed after January 1, 1974 as the rents charged on January 1, 2007, as subsequently adjusted by rent regulation laws, Furthermore, this section clarifies that the rent setting language with a base date of January 1, 2007, will supersede any agreement made between a tenant and landlord whether in a lease or another agreement.
*make it clear that "Unique" or "Peculiar" circumstances rent increases authorized by the New York City rent stabilization law and the Emergency Tenant Protection Act are not applicable to Mitchell-Lama or project-based Section 8 buildings whether the buildings were completed before or after January 1, 1974.
*provide that in a city having a population of one million or more, that the New York City rent law may be amended by local law or ordinance to provide for the regulation of rents and evictions and the enforcement of such rent stabilization law with regard to housing accommodations made subject to such law by a declaration of emergency made pursuant to this act,
*set forth an effective date of immediate and provides that the law applies to housing accommodations located in buildings or structures owned by housing companies that dissolved on, before, or after such date and to housing accommodations in buildings or structures that were covered projects and had contracts for rental assistance that expired or were terminated on, before, or after such date; provided that the amendments to section 5 of the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four made by section two 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.
Part D:
*the Emergency Housing Rent Control Law;
*the Emergency Tenant Protection Act;
*sections 52-eee and 352-eeee of the General Business Law establishing cooperative and condominium conversion laws in New York City, Nassau, Westchester, and Rockland counties; and
*the ability of the Division of Housing and Community Renewal to issue increased penalties for violations of rent regulation law_ These various statutes would be extended until and including June 15, 2017, provided that there continues to be a housing emergency.
Part E:
*amend Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 14 of the public housing law to include uncles, aunts, nephews and nieces to the definition of "family member" for the purposes of tenant succession of rent protected housing.
*amend Subdivision m of section 26-403 of the administrative code of the city of New York by redefining the term "tenant." It will also add a new section 26-504-4 to the administrative code of the city of New York. This bill will also amend Section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of 1974, by adding a new section 15.
Part F:
*set forth legislative findings and declaration of emergency.
*repeal paragraph (n) of subdivision 2 of section 2 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1946, constituting the emergency rent control law,
*repeal paragraph 13 of subdivision a of section 5 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of 1974
*repeal subparagraph (k) of paragraph 2 of subdivision e of section 25-403 of the administrative code of the city of New York.
*repeal section 26-504.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York.
*subject accommodations to regulation under such laws which were deregulated upon vacancy on or after January 1, 2007 or which were deregulated upon vacancy prior to January 1, 2007 and which rented for less than $5,000 per month in New York City or less than $3,500 per month in the counties of Westchester, Nassau, and Rockland on or after January 1, 2007 *repeal vacancy decontrol provisions of the New York City Administrative Code and the Emergency Tenant Protection Act that relate to preferential rents, respectively.
Part G:
*amend § 4(10) (a-2) of the Emergency Tenant Protection Act and S 26511(c) (14) of the Administrative Code of New York, to only allow the landlord to readjust the rent of preferential rent regulated apartments upon vacancy;
*add a provision that only allows the landlord to raise the unit's rent if the vacancy of the apartment was not caused by the landlord's failure to maintain the unit in a habitable condition;
*amend § 26-511(c) (14) of the administrative code of New York, to repeal the provision that would automatically deregulate a unit, upon vacancy, if the monthly rent for the unit is above $2,000; and
*amend § 4(10)(a-2) of the emergency tenant protection act, to repeal the provision that would automatically deregulate a unit upon vacancy if the monthly rent for the unit is above $2,000.
Part H:
*require that a major capital improvement rent increase cease once the cost of such improvement has been paid for;
*provide that such increase be a temporary surcharge, lasting no more than seven years, which is separately designated and billed from the rent;
*provide a method for determining the surcharge allocable to each apartment based upon the number of rooms in the apartment; and * mandate that such surcharge be limited to six percent of the monthly rent collected, and that any additional monies necessary to cover the cost of MCI's be collected in, future years as a further surcharge not to exceed an additional six percent in any one year period.
*Establish criteria for approval of rent increases to rent regulated property resulting from major capital improvements. The criteria will be used to ensure that the work performed is an enhancement or upgrade to a housing accommodation or service, and is not merely a repair or replacement of existing services. It also prohibits approval of major capital improvement rent increases when any outstanding hazardous violations exist.
*Amend subdivision d of section 6 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974 by adding a new paragraph 6 to exclude NYSERDA funded projects from receiving adjustments for major capital improvements.
*Amend paragraph 1 of subdivision g of section 26-405 of the administrative code of the city of New York by adding a new subparagraph m to exclude NYSERDA funded projects.
Part I:
*amend subdivision a of paragraph 5 of section 26-405 of the administrative code of the city of New York
*repeal subparagraphs (1) and (n) of paragraph 1 of subdivision g of section 26-405 of the administrative cede of the city of New York
*amend section 4 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1946 by adding a new subdivision 9.
Part J:
*amend section (1) of the administrative code of the city of New York by adding a new section (26-416) that prohibits the imposition of any surcharge for the installation or use of a tenant-installed appliance where the tenant pays for electric utility service. JUSTIFICATION :
New York's rent-regulation laws provide protection to approximately 2.5 million tenants throughout the state, The basis for both rent control and rent stabilization is a housing emergency, defined as a vacancy rate below five percent. Recent analysis of vacancy rates in New York City has shown that the number of available apartments has decreased to below three percent, which is well below the five percent threshold necessary to declare a housing emergency. For the rent-regulation laws to work, major loopholes must be closed For example, an Individual Apartment Improvement Increase allows a landlord to raise the rent on rent stabilized apartments by passing the cost of physical improvements to the next tenant by raising the monthly rent an amount equal to 1/90th of the total cost of the improvements.
A 1/90th increase can be taken in addition to any other rent increase to which the landlord is statutorily entitled. There is no oversight of any kind of the 1/90th loophole. Landlords are allowed to unilaterally impose 1/40th rent increases without prior approval, or even documentation. The current oversight mechanism is an inadequate tenant-initiated complaint filed with the Division of Housing and Community Renewal as a Complaint of Rent Overcharge. Because the improvement occurs in a vacant apartment, the new tenant has no way of knowing what the rent should be, and if the work done justifies the increase. This legislation would give ONCE the authority to approve or disapprove such increases in whole or in part based upon the proof of expenses submitted by the landlord and would reduce the increase to 1/60th the amount of the individual apartment improvement.
With the shortage of housing in New York City and its surrounding areas, vacancy decontrol laws only continue the erosion of the existing rent regulation programs Vacancy decontrol is an incentive for owners of rental housing to withhold services and to use forms of harassment to induce regulated tenants to vacate their rental units. In some instances, costs of renovation have been inflated or even falsified in order to drive apartment rents to the $2,000 threshold for vacancy decontrol, The need to repeal these provisions in statute are of the greatest urgency, thus preserving affordable housing in New York City, and protecting low and middle income families.
Also, building owners are currently allowed to increase rent levels based on major capitol improvements to their buildings on a schedule to recover all costs within a seven year period. However, tenants have been forced to continue to pay for such improvements far past the window in which costs have been recovered. This bill seeks to balance the conflicting concerns of maintaining affordable housing and insuring adequate incentives for investment in MCI's in order to preserve and improve our housing stock.
In addition to the above mentioned reasons, this bill would make many other significant changes to the rent regulation laws to address the erosion of the existing rent regulation laws. These loopholes allow drastic increases in rent and can even be used to force tenants from their homes. The loss of affordable housing units can undermine and uproot local communities by forcing working families from their homes in the neighborhoods they helped create many years ago. This bill is an important stew to ensure that the residents of New York will still have access to affordable housing.
Prior legislative history
S2783A ESPAILLAT of 2011/12 S2105 ESPAILLAT of 2013/14 2015/16: Referred to housing, construction and community development
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None to the State
Effective date
Part A: This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any tenant in possession at or after the time it takes effect, regardless of whether the landlord's application for an order, refusal to renew a lease or refusal to extend or renew a tenancy took place before this act shall have taken effect, provided that amendments made to the administrative code of the city of New York, the emergency tenant protection act, and the emergency housing rent control law shall expire-on the same date as such law expires and shall not affect the expiration-date of such law. Part B: This act shall take effect immediately, provided that amendments made to the administrative code of the city of New York and the emergency tenant protection act shall expire on the same date as such law expires and shall not affect the expiration date of such law Part C: This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all buildings that are covered by a project based assistance contract pursuant to section eight of the United States housing act of 1937, which contract ceased to be effective on or after such date; provided that amendments made to the administrative code of the city of New York and the emergency tenant protection act shall expire on the same date as such law expires and shall not affect the expiration date of such law. Part D: This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the amendments to chapter 21 of the laws of 1962 made by section one 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, however, that the amendment to the second undesignated paragraph of subdivision 5 of section 1 of chapter 21 of the. laws of 1962 made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire therewith Part E: This act shall take effect immediately. Part F: This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law, provided that amendments made to the administrative code of the city of New York, the emergency tenant protection act, and the emergency housing rent control law shall expire on the same date as such law expires and shall not affect the expiration date of such law Effective immediately, the Division of Housing and Community Renewal is authorized to and shall promulgate all rules, regulations and standards necessary to implement the provisions of this act. Part G: This act shall take effect immediately. Part H and Part I, This act shall take effect immediately, provided that amendments made to the administrative code of the city of New York and the emergency tenant protection act shall expire on the same date as such law expires and shall not affect the expiration date of such law. Part J: This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amendments made to section 26-405 of the city rent and rehabilitation law made by Sections one and two 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; and provided further that amendments made to the administrative code of the city of New York, the emergency tenant protection act, and the emergency housing rent control law shall expire on the same date as such law expires and shall not affect the expiration date of such law. Part K: This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to housing companies that dissolve before, on or after such date, provided, however, that the amendments made to the emergency tenant protection act shall not affect the expiration of such act.
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