What's happening
This bill requires the mayor to promptly fill tenant representative vacancies on the Rent Guidelines Board and delays meetings until the position is filled.
Why it matters
Strengthens tenant representation. by mandating that a tenant representative seat on the Rent Guidelines Board cannot remain vacant for more than 60 days, ensuring tenants’ interests are not sidelined by delays in appointments.
Prevents board action without tenant input. by blocking the board from holding its next scheduled meeting until a tenant representative is appointed, and further requiring a 30-day waiting period post-appointment before meetings can resume; this reduces the risk of major decisions being made without tenant voices.
Increases mayoral accountability. for timely appointments, potentially reducing political maneuvering or neglect that could otherwise leave the board unbalanced and less responsive to renter concerns.
May delay board operations. in cases where the mayor fails to quickly appoint a tenant representative, potentially affecting rent adjustment timelines or other board decisions, but does so in the interest of fair and representative governance.
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Ensure Tenant Board Appointments
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2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to housing
- Referred to housing
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1472
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, COOK, GLICK, MOSLEY, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the appointment of the rent guidelines board
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 26-510 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
a. There shall be a rent guidelines board to consist of nine members, appointed by the mayor. Two members shall be representative of tenants, two shall be representative of owners of property, and five shall be public members each of whom shall have had at least five years experience in either finance, economics or housing. One public member shall be designated by the mayor to serve as chairman and shall hold no other public office. No member, officer or employee of any municipal rent regulation agency or the state division of housing and community renewal and no person who owns or manages real estate covered by this law or who is an officer of any owner or tenant organization shall serve on a rent guidelines board. One public member, one member representative of tenants and one member representative of owners shall serve for a term ending two years from January first next succeeding the date of their appointment; one public member, one member representative of tenants and one member representative of owners shall serve for terms ending three years from the January first next succeeding the date of their appointment and two public members shall serve for terms ending four years from January first next succeeding the dates of their appointment. The chairman shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor. Thereafter, all members shall continue in office until their successors have been appointed and qualified. The mayor shall fill any vacancy which may occur by reason of death, resignation or otherwise in a manner consistent with the original
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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appointment. When a vacancy occurs in the member representative of tenants position, the mayor shall fill such vacancy within sixty days. The board shall be prohibited from convening its next regularly scheduled meeting until the member representative of tenants is appointed. Additionally, the board shall not meet until at least thirty days after a member representative of tenants is appointed. A member may be removed by the mayor for cause, but not without an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel, in his or her defense, upon not less than ten days notice.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amendments to section 26-510 of chapter 4 of title 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York made by section one 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.
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