S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5344 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 25, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, GLICK, CASTRO, KELLNER, MILLMAN, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, CLARK, FARRELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven- ty-four, the emergency housing rent control law and the New York city charter, in relation to investigations and inspections by the city of New York THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision a of section 12 of section 4 of chapter 576 of 2 the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of 3 nineteen seventy-four is amended by adding a new paragraph 9 to read as 4 follows: 5 (9) THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL MAY AUTHORIZE 6 THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF 7 NEW YORK, OR ITS SUCCESSOR AGENCY, TO EXERCISE ANY OF THE DIVISION'S 8 POWERS UNDER THIS ACT WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO AGREEMENT 9 WITH THAT DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY. 10 S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 6 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1946, 11 constituting the emergency housing rent control law, as amended by chap- 12 ter 337 of the laws of 1961, is amended to read as follows: 13 1. (A) THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL MAY 14 AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE 15 CITY OF NEW YORK, OR ITS SUCCESSOR AGENCY, TO EXERCISE ANY OF THE DIVI- 16 SION'S POWERS UNDER THIS LAW WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO 17 AGREEMENT WITH THAT DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY. 18 (B) The commission is authorized to make such studies and investi- 19 gations, to conduct such hearings, and to obtain such information as the 20 commission deems necessary or proper in prescribing any regulation or 21 order under this act or in the administration and enforcement of this 22 act and regulations and orders thereunder. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01236-01-3 A. 5344 2 1 S 3. Section 1802 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. ALL POWERS, RIGHTS AND DUTIES AUTHORIZED BY AND PURSUANT TO AN 4 AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY 5 RENEWAL, OR ITS SUCCESSOR AGENCY, UNDER SECTION TWELVE OF THE EMERGENCY 6 TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR AND SUBDIVISION ONE OF 7 SECTION SIX OF THE EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW. 8 S 4. Severability. If any provision of this act, or any application 9 of any provision of this act, is held to be invalid, that shall not 10 affect the validity or effectiveness of any other provision of this act, 11 or of any other application of any provision of this act or any other 12 provision of any law or code amended by this act. 13 S 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend- 14 ments to section 12 of the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen 15 seventy-four made by section one of this act shall expire on the same 16 date as such act expires and shall not affect the expiration of such act 17 as provided in section 17 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974; and 18 provided that the amendments to section six of the emergency housing 19 rent control law made by section two of this act shall expire on the 20 same date as such law expires and shall not affect the expiration of 21 such law as provided in subdivision 2 of section 1 of chapter 274 of the 22 laws of 1946.