Bill Text: NY S01734 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires landlords to provide notice of rental history upon the signing of a vacancy lease for the four years prior to the vacancy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S01734 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01734-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1734
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  ESPAILLAT,  KRUEGER,  PERKINS  --  read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Housing, Construction and Community Development
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
         relation to requiring landlords to provide notice  of  rental  history
         upon the signing of a vacancy lease
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
    2  by adding a new section 26-517.2 to read as follows:
    3    S  26-517.2  NOTICE  OF  RENTAL HISTORY. A. FOR HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS
    4  SUBJECT TO THIS CODE, AN OWNER SHALL FURNISH TO EACH  TENANT  SIGNING  A
    5  VACANCY  LEASE,  A NOTICE IN A FORM PROMULGATED OR APPROVED BY THE STATE
    6  DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY  RENEWAL  THAT  SETS  FORTH  THE  RENT
    7  AMOUNT  ACTUALLY PAID BY TENANTS FOR THE FOUR YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO
    8  THE VACANCY, IF ANY, AN EXPLANATION OF HOW THE  RENTAL  AMOUNT  PROVIDED
    9  FOR IN THE VACANCY LEASE HAS BEEN COMPUTED ABOVE THE AMOUNT SHOWN IN THE
   10  MOST  RECENT  ANNUAL  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT,  AND A STATEMENT THAT ANY
   11  INCREASE ABOVE THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN SUCH REGISTRATION STATEMENT IS IN
   12  ACCORDANCE WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS PERMITTED BY THE RENT  GUIDELINES  BOARD
   13  AND THIS CODE.
   14    B.  UPON COMPLAINT BY THE TENANT THAT HE OR SHE WAS NOT FURNISHED WITH
   15  A COPY OF THE NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION,
   16  THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL ORDER THE  OWNER  TO
   17  FURNISH  THE  NOTICE. IF THE OWNER FAILS TO COMPLY WITHIN TWENTY DAYS OF
   18  SUCH ORDER, THE OWNER SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO  COLLECT  ANY  GUIDELINES
   19  LEASE  ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED FOR ANY CURRENT LEASE FROM THE COMMENCEMENT
   20  DATE OF SUCH LEASE. THE FURNISHING OF THE NOTICE BY  THE  OWNER  TO  THE
   21  TENANT OR HOTEL OCCUPANT SHALL RESULT IN THE ELIMINATION, PROSPECTIVELY,
   22  OF SUCH PENALTY.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 1734                             2
    1    S  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
    2  ment to chapter 4 of title 26 of the administrative code of the city  of
    3  New  York  made by section one of this act shall expire on the same date
    4  as such law expires and shall not affect the expiration of such  law  as
    5  provided under section 26-520 of such law.