Bill Text: NY A06154 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes any dwelling with a certificate authorizing occupancy as a Class B hotel to also authorize occupancy of such units in such dwelling for permanent residence purposes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-12 - enacting clause stricken [A06154 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A06154-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6154 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 10, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to authorizing any dwelling with a certificate authorizing occupancy as a Class B hotel to also authorize occupancy of such units in such dwelling for permanent residence purposes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 301 of the multiple dwelling law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. Any certificate by the department authorizing occupancy of a dwell- 4 ing as a Class B hotel shall also authorize occupancy of units in such 5 dwelling for permanent residence purposes, where (a) such units are 6 operated by a housing provider that had been pre-qualified to operate 7 housing in Class B hotels by a local housing agency and such units are 8 rented to low- or moderate-income households pursuant to a regulatory 9 agreement or contract with a local or state agency, and (b) any portion 10 of such a dwelling is located within eight hundred feet of a district 11 that under the local zoning regulations or ordinances permits residen- 12 tial uses, notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of any state 13 law, local law, ordinance, resolution or regulation that would have (1) 14 prohibited such occupancy, (2) required a change or alteration to the 15 dwelling, or (3) required a new or amended certificate. Each tenant of 16 such unit shall be subject to either the rent stabilization law of nine- 17 teen hundred sixty-nine or the emergency tenant protection act of nine- 18 teen seventy-four, or both, if applicable to the locality. Alterations 19 to any such dwelling may include the creation of multi-room suites, the 20 addition of cooking facilities or accessory spaces, and shall comply 21 with any applicable requirements of any state law, local law, ordi- 22 nance, resolution or regulation relating to Class B hotels. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09856-01-1