What's happening
This bill makes it illegal to subdivide or alter rent-stabilized apartments to force tenants to give up rights, and requires advance notice of such plans.
Why it matters
Prevents landlords from using apartment remodeling as a loophole to pressure tenants out of rent-stabilized protections. , closing a tactic where layouts are changed to induce tenants to waive their rights.
Ensures that even after subdivision or layout changes, rent-stabilized status and tenant protections remain intact. , blocking efforts to deregulate units through physical alteration.
Requires landlords to provide at least 90 days’ advance notice to tenants, community boards, and government representatives before making significant changes. to rent-stabilized apartments, giving tenants and the public time to respond or seek help.
Strengthens housing stability for rent-stabilized tenants by increasing transparency and oversight of physical changes to their homes. , making it harder for owners to undermine tenant protections through construction or reconfiguration.
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Protect Rent-Stabilized Layouts
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5237
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 7, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- 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 subdivision of rent stabilized apartments
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 26-512 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows:
g. It shall be unlawful for any person to subdivide, or otherwise change the layout of any housing accommodation regulated by this chapter, or the regulations promulgated thereunder, with the intent to cause a surrender or waiver of any rights under this chapter, or the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(1) In the event a person does subdivide, or otherwise change the layout of such housing accommodations, such subdivision shall not disqualify such housing accommodations from the rights under this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(2) Any person with plans to subdivide, or otherwise change the layout of such housing accommodations shall notify the tenants of such housing accommodations, local community boards, and city and state representatives of such plans no less than ninety days before work is to begin.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amendments to section 26-512 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.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09443-01-9
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