STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5237 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 7, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- 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 subdivision of rent stabilized apartments The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 26-512 of the administrative code of the city of 2 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows: 3 g. It shall be unlawful for any person to subdivide, or otherwise 4 change the layout of any housing accommodation regulated by this chap- 5 ter, or the regulations promulgated thereunder, with the intent to cause 6 a surrender or waiver of any rights under this chapter, or the regu- 7 lations promulgated thereunder. 8 (1) In the event a person does subdivide, or otherwise change the 9 layout of such housing accommodations, such subdivision shall not 10 disqualify such housing accommodations from the rights under this chap- 11 ter or the regulations promulgated thereunder. 12 (2) Any person with plans to subdivide, or otherwise change the layout 13 of such housing accommodations shall notify the tenants of such housing 14 accommodations, local community boards, and city and state represen- 15 tatives of such plans no less than ninety days before work is to begin. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend- 17 ments to section 26-512 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. LBD09443-01-9