Amd §12-a, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §26-517, NYC Ad Cd
Requires owners of housing accommodations subject to rent registration to file an additional statement at three month intervals, until the unit is occupied.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5692
SPONSOR: Rosenthal L TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven-
ty-four and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation
to rent registration statements for vacant units
PURPOSE:
This legislation will allow for more timely filing of rent registration
statements.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section one amends subdivisions e and f of section 12-a of section 4 of
chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant
protection act of nineteen seventy-four, subdivision e as amended by
chapter 253 of the laws of 1993, and subdivision f as added by chapter
403 of the laws of 1983.
Section two establishes the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Rent-stabilized apartments are required to be registered with the New
York State Department of Homes and Community Renewal once per year,
reporting the amount of rent, occupancy status of the unit and other
information as of April 1st of each year. The limited reporting has made
it difficult to gain a full understanding of the vacancy status of these
units and determine how long particular units are being left vacant.
Providing further filing opportunities will allow us to obtain more
comprehensive and up-to-date data.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5692
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 22, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Housing
AN ACT to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven-
ty-four and the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to rent registration statements for vacant units
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision f of section 12-a of section 4 of chapter 576
2 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of
3 nineteen seventy-four, as added by chapter 403 of the laws of 1983, is
4 amended to read as follows:
5 f. An annual statement shall be filed containing the current rent
6 for each unit and such other information contained in subdivision a of
7 this section as shall be required by the division. The owner shall
8 provide each tenant then in occupancy with a copy of that portion of
9 such annual statement as pertains to the tenant's unit. For units
10 registered as vacant on the date required by the division, an additional
11 statement shall be filed containing the current rent and such other
12 information contained in subdivision a of this section at three month
13 intervals until such unit has a tenant in occupancy.
14 § 2. Subdivision f of section 26-517 of the administrative code of the
15 city of New York is amended to read as follows:
16 f. An annual statement shall be filed containing the current rent for
17 each unit and such other information contained in subdivision a of this
18 section as shall be required by the division. The owner shall provide
19 each tenant then in occupancy with a copy of that portion of such annual
20 statement as pertains to the tenant's unit. For units registered as
21 vacant on the date required by the division, an additional statement
22 shall be filed containing the current rent and such other information
23 contained in subdivision a of this section at three month intervals
24 until such unit has a tenant in occupancy.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; and provided that the
2 amendments to section 26-517 of chapter 4 of title 26 of the administra-
3 tive code of the city of New York made by section two of this act shall
4 expire on the same date as such law expires and shall not affect the
5 expiration of such law as provided under section 26-520 of such law.
