Bill Text: NY A04003 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4003 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the effect on rent reduction orders on the period preceding the filing of an overcharge complaint.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-15 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [A04003 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A04003-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4003
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 30, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED, MOSLEY -- Multi-Sponsored
          by -- M. of A.   FARRELL, PERRY --  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 the filing of an overcharge complaint
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  2  of  subdivision  a of section 26-516 of the
     2  administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding two new
     3  subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) to read as follows:
     4    (iii) Failure of an owner to comply with an  order  issued  under  the
     5  provisions  of  this title shall constitute a continuing violation to be
     6  included in the rental history of the housing accommodation irrespective
     7  of whether such violation occurred  outside  of  the  four  year  period
     8  preceding  the filing of such complaint and provided further, that fail-
     9  ure to comply with an order issued under this article shall  be  imputed
    10  to any successor in interest of the housing accommodation, provided such
    11  person or persons has actual notice of such violation.
    12    (iv) Any complaint based on fraud shall be reviewed by the state divi-
    13  sion of housing and community renewal irrespective of whether such fraud
    14  occurred  outside  of  the four year period preceding the filing of such
    15  complaint.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
    17  ments  to  section 26-516 of chapter 4 of title 26 of the administrative
    18  code of the city of New York made by  section  one  of  this  act  shall
    19  expire  on  the  same  date as such law expires and shall not affect the
    20  expiration of such law as provided under section 26-520 of such law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05332-01-7