What's happening
This bill requires landlords of buildings with five or more units to report quarterly on succession rights applications to New York's housing agency.
Why it matters
Increases transparency on succession rights. By requiring landlords to report data on applications for succession rights, the bill allows New York's housing agency to monitor how often tenants’ family members are seeking—and being granted or denied—the ability to take over rent-stabilized or rent-controlled apartments, helping to identify patterns or problems.
Shines a light on landlord practices. Detailed reporting on the reasons for denial can expose whether landlords are following the law or potentially abusing the process to deny legitimate succession claims, which can be a significant issue for tenant stability and housing justice.
Potentially informs future policy and enforcement. The quarterly data collected could be used by lawmakers or regulators to craft better protections for tenants, ensure fair treatment, and target enforcement or outreach where succession rights are frequently denied or misunderstood.
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Landlords Report Succession Data
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Sponsors
23 Co-sponsors
- Vivian Cook
- Richard Gottfried
- Felix Ortiz
- Charles Barron
- N. Nick Perry
- Walter T. Mosley
- Victor M. Pichardo
- Al Taylor
- Jo Anne Simon
- Tremaine Wright
- Catalina Cruz
- Jose Rivera
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
- Taylor Darling
- Karines Reyes
- Carmen De La Rosa
- Marcos Crespo
- Carmen E. Arroyo
- Michael Blake
- Jaime R. Williams
- Deborah Glick
- Charles Fall
- Yuh-Line Niou
History
- Referred to housing
- Referred to housing
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STATE OF NEW YORK
789
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER, COOK, GOTTFRIED, ORTIZ, BARRON, PERRY -read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to succession rights data
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new section 235-h to read as follows:
§ 235-h. Succession rights data. A landlord of a building containing five or more rental units shall submit a quarterly report to New York homes and community renewal in a form prescribed by the commissioner of such agency indicating the number of applications for right of succession such landlord received over the course of the previous three months, the date such applications were received, whether such applications were granted or denied and, if denied, the reasons given for such denial.
For the purposes of this section, "right of succession" shall mean the right to a rent stabilized renewal lease or protection from eviction in an apartment under rent control redounding to the benefit of an eligible family member of the tenant having occupied such apartment immediately prior to permanently vacating such apartment or immediately prior to such tenant's death.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00169-01-9
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