Bill Text: NY A07404 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7404 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Grants Julius Diamond eligibility for a senior citizen rent increase exemption at his previously frozen rent amount.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to aging [A07404 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07404-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7404
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 8, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMANOWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Aging
       AN ACT to grant Julius  Diamond  eligibility  for  senior  citizen  rent
         increase exemption at his previously frozen rent amount
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, Juli-
    2  us Diamond, an individual who has been receiving a senior  citizen  rent
    3  increase  exemption since 1996, who for a period of one month, June, two
    4  thousand fourteen, was ineligible for a  senior  citizen  rent  increase
    5  exemption  due  to  an  increase  in  his  annual income, and who now is
    6  currently receiving a  senior  citizen  rent  increase  exemption  at  a
    7  significantly  higher  rent  rate,  shall be deemed entitled to a senior
    8  citizen rent increase exemption at his rent  rate  prior  to  June,  two
    9  thousand  fourteen.  Further,  Julius Diamond's landlord, Pickman Realty
   10  Group, shall be entitled to a reimbursement for the  rent  arrears  that
   11  are  currently owed to the landlord due to Julius Diamond's inability to
   12  pay.
   13    S 2. All costs associated with the implementation of this act shall be
   14  borne by the New York city department of finance.
   15    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10329-01-5