New York Assembly Bill 4877

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-07 - referred to housing
Pending: Assembly Housing Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Relates to enacting the rent emergency stabilization for tenants act on local determinations of a housing emergency; authorizes a city with a population of one million or more to declare an emergency as to any class of housing accommodations if the vacancy rate for the housing accommodations in such class within such municipality is not in excess of five percent and a declaration of emergency may be made as to all housing accommodations if the vacancy rate for the housing accommodations within such municipality is not in excess of five percent; authorizes other cities, towns and villages to declare a housing emergency after considering publicly available data and holding public hearings.

Relates to enacting the rent emergency stabilization for tenants act on local determinations of a housing emergency; authorizes a city with a population of one million or more to declare an emergency as to any class of housing accommodations if the vacancy rate for the housing accommodations in such class within such municipality is not in excess of five percent and a declaration of emergency may be made as to all housing accommodations if the vacancy rate for the housing accommodations within such municipality is not in excess of five percent; authorizes other cities, towns and villages to declare a housing emergency after considering publicly available data and holding public hearings.

Asm. Sarahana Shrestha [D]

Asm. Maryjane Shimsky [D]

Asm. Anna Kelles [D]

Asm. Gabriella Romero [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-07	Assembly	referred to housing

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4877
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A04877&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A04877