Bill Text: NY A07785 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Relates to information available pertaining to rental histories of rent stabilized units through FOIL applications by the NYS division of housing and community renewal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to housing [A07785 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A07785-Introduced.html

---

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                         7785
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 4, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  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  available  information pertaining to rental histories of
         rent-stabilized units
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  26-516 of the administrative code of the city of
    2  New York is amended by adding a new subdivision i to read as follows:
    3    I. COMPLETE RENTAL HISTORIES FOR UNITS REGULATED  UNDER  THIS  CHAPTER
    4  SHALL  BE  MADE AVAILABLE BY THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
    5  RENEWAL TO LOCAL, COUNTY OR STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO SUBMIT AN APPLI-
    6  CATION FOR SUCH INFORMATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE STATE FREEDOM OF
    7  INFORMATION LAW. INFORMATION SHALL BE REDACTED AS REQUIRED UNDER ARTICLE
    8  SIX OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, ENTITLED THE STATE FREEDOM  OF  INFORMA-
    9  TION  LAW.   RECORDS OBTAINED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE USED
   10  SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES STATED IN THE APPLICATION.
   11    S 2. Section 26-517 of the administrative code of the city of New York
   12  is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
   13    H. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE  STATE
   14  DIVISION  OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL MAINTAIN RENT HISTORIES
   15  OF UNITS REGULATED UNDER THIS CHAPTER FOR A MINIMUM OF TEN YEARS.
   16    S 3. Section 26-516 of the administrative code of the city of New York
   17  is amended by adding a new subdivision j to read as follows:
   18    J. THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL  REGULATE
   19  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATIONS  WHICH,  THROUGH  A COMPLAINT, INVESTIGATION, OR
   20  VIOLATION PROCESS, HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED TO  BE  ILLEGALLY  DE-REGULATED
   21  DUE  TO  ILLEGAL  USE.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, ILLEGAL USE SHALL
   22  CONSIST OF, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO NOTICES OF ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION, ILLE-
   23  GAL CONVERSION, ILLEGAL TRANSIENT HOTEL, REMOVAL  FROM  RENT  ROLLS  AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10280-04-3
       A. 7785                             2
    1  WAREHOUSING,  OR  OTHER PURPOSES OTHER THAN THOSE AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO
    2  THIS CHAPTER.
    3    S  4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
    4  ments to chapter 4 of title 26 of the administrative code of the city of
    5  New York made by sections one, two and three of this act shall expire on
    6  the same date as such law expires and shall not affect the expiration of
    7  such law as provided under section 26-520 of such law.