What's happening
This bill suspends financial assistance to NYC landlords on the major problem owner list until all class C violations are corrected, and prohibits related evictions during this period.
Why it matters
Creates strong leverage for tenants by tying landlord financial aid to correction of serious health and safety violations ("class C violations"). , potentially leading to quicker repairs and improved living conditions in the city’s most troubled buildings.
Directly addresses chronic neglect by landlords on the "major problem owner" list. by financially penalizing inaction, incentivizing compliance where traditional enforcement may have failed.
Protects tenants from displacement during the period landlords are ineligible for assistance. , reducing the risk that punitive measures against landlords end up unfairly harming tenants through evictions related to unresolved hazardous conditions.
May reshape the relationship between public subsidies and housing standards. , signaling a shift toward stricter accountability for recipients of government housing funds in New York City.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1644
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2025
Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
AN ACT relating to payment of assistance to owners of privately owned residential housing within the city of New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any department or agency of the state or of the city of New York which provides financial assistance of any kind to owners of privately owned residential housing within the city of New York shall suspend payment of assistance to any such owners who are listed on the New York city department of housing preservation and development's official major problem owner list until all class C violations are removed by the New York department of housing preservation and development. Additionally, during such period when assistance is suspended, owners who have not corrected the class C violations and been removed from the problem owner list for such violations shall not evict any tenant for nonpayment of rent or for violation of lease agreements that related in any way to the class C violations which are the subject of suspension of assistance.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04465-01-5
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