What's happening
This bill extends eviction protections and continued tenancy rights for certain senior citizens living in New York City buildings undergoing cooperative or condominium conversion until June 15, 2022.
Why it matters
Protects long-term senior tenants from eviction during building conversions. , recognizing the unique hardships seniors face if forced to relocate and aiming to preserve housing stability for this vulnerable group.
Limits protections to seniors who have been tenants since before 1982 and are at least 62 years old by July 1, 2019. , ensuring that only those with long-standing ties to their homes benefit from the extended rights.
Specifies succession rights. , allowing only spouses and, after them, family members named on the lease to inherit these protections, which impacts family planning and stability for multi-generational households.
Stabilizes neighborhoods by preventing displacement of elderly residents. , which can help maintain community continuity and reduce the social and economic costs associated with senior homelessness or forced moves.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
235
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
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, 2019, 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 dwell- ing 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.0110 of 2017-2018 (Hoylman): Died in Aging S.3746 of 2015-2016 (Espaillat): Died in Housing, Construction & Commu- nity Development S.1725 of 2013-2014 (Espaillat): Died in Housing, Construction & Commu- nity Development S.3113 of 2011-2012 (Espaillat): Died in Housing, Construction & Commu- nity 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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