Bill Text: NY A06994 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the appointment of the rent guidelines board; requires a member representative of tenants to be appointed no later than 30 days after a vacancy; prohibits meetings until such time.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to housing [A06994 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06994-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6994
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 29, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROSENTHAL, ROSA, GOTTFRIED, MILLMAN, ROBINSON,
         COLTON, BARRON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, COOK,  GLICK,
         MOSLEY, PERRY, SEPULVEDA -- 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 appointment of the rent guidelines board
         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 26-510 of the administrative code
    2  of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
    3    a. There shall be a rent guidelines board to consist of nine  members,
    4  appointed  by the mayor. Two members shall be representative of tenants,
    5  two shall be representative of owners of property,  and  five  shall  be
    6  public  members  each of whom shall have had at least five years experi-
    7  ence in either finance, economics or housing. One public member shall be
    8  designated by the mayor to serve as chairman and  shall  hold  no  other
    9  public  office.  No  member,  officer  or employee of any municipal rent
   10  regulation agency or the state division of housing and community renewal
   11  and no person who owns or manages real estate covered by this law or who
   12  is an officer of any owner or tenant organization shall serve on a  rent
   13  guidelines  board.  One  public  member,  one  member  representative of
   14  tenants and one member representative of owners shall serve for  a  term
   15  ending  two  years  from January first next succeeding the date of their
   16  appointment; one public member, one member representative of tenants and
   17  one member representative of owners shall serve for terms  ending  three
   18  years  from the January first next succeeding the date of their appoint-
   19  ment and two public members shall serve for terms ending four years from
   20  January first next succeeding the dates of their appointment. The chair-
   21  man shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor.  Thereafter,  all  members
   22  shall  continue in office until their successors have been appointed and
   23  qualified. The mayor shall fill any vacancy which may occur by reason of
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10216-02-3
       A. 6994                             2
    1  death, resignation or otherwise in a manner consistent with the original
    2  appointment.   WHEN A VACANCY OCCURS IN  THE  MEMBER  REPRESENTATIVE  OF
    3  TENANTS  POSITION,  THE MAYOR SHALL FILL SUCH VACANCY WITHIN SIXTY DAYS.
    4  THE  BOARD  SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM CONVENING ITS NEXT REGULARLY SCHED-
    5  ULED MEETING UNTIL THE MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE OF  TENANTS  IS  APPOINTED.
    6  ADDITIONALLY,  THE BOARD SHALL NOT MEET UNTIL AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS AFTER
    7  A MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE OF TENANTS IS APPOINTED. A member may be removed
    8  by the mayor for cause, but not without an opportunity to  be  heard  in
    9  person or by counsel, in his or her defense, upon not less than ten days
   10  notice.
   11    S  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
   12  ments to section 26-510 of chapter 4 of title 26 of  the  administrative
   13  code  of  the  city  of  New  York made by section one of this act shall
   14  expire on the same date as such law expires and  shall  not  affect  the
   15  expiration of such law as provided under section 26-520 of such law.