Bill Text: NY A08289 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the division of housing and community renewal to publish an informational pamphlet setting forth the most common non-rental fees authorized to be imposed by landlords.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to housing [A08289 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08289-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8289
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   November 20, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. DINOWITZ, MILLMAN, GOTTFRIED, ROSA, ROSENTHAL --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  DenDEKKER,  MAYER  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Housing
       AN  ACT  to  amend the public housing law and the administrative code of
         the city of New York, in relation to non-rental fees charged by  land-
         lords
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 14 of the public housing law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
    3    7. THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND  COMMUNITY  RENEWAL  SHALL  PUBLISH  AN
    4  INFORMATIONAL  PAMPHLET  SETTING  FORTH  THE MOST COMMON NON-RENTAL FEES
    5  AUTHORIZED TO BE IMPOSED BY LANDLORDS. THE LIST SHALL  INCLUDE  A  SHORT
    6  DESCRIPTION OF SUCH FEES. THE PUBLICATION SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE
    7  DIVISION'S  WEBSITE AND SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY TO OWNERS OF HOUS-
    8  ING ACCOMMODATIONS WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THE EMERGENCY TENANT  PROTECTION
    9  ACT OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL LAW, OR
   10  THE  LOCAL EMERGENCY HOUSING RENT CONTROL ACT.  THE PUBLICATION SHALL BE
   11  AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, ARABIC, CHINESE, HAITIAN CREOLE,  KOREAN,  RUSSIAN
   12  AND SPANISH.
   13    S  2.  The  administrative  code of the city of New York is amended by
   14  adding a new section 26-412.1 to read as follows:
   15    S 26-412.1 NON-RENTAL FEES. EVERY LANDLORD OF  HOUSING  ACCOMMODATIONS
   16  SUBJECT  TO THIS CHAPTER OR THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF NINE-
   17  TEEN SEVENTY-FOUR SHALL ANNUALLY PROVIDE TO EACH TENANT A  COPY  OF  THE
   18  PAMPHLET  INFORMATION RELATING TO NON-RENTAL FEES WHICH IS DEVELOPED AND
   19  DISTRIBUTED BY THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL PURSUANT TO
   20  SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION FOURTEEN OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW.
   21    S 3. This act shall take effect  immediately;  provided  that  section
   22  26-412.1 of the city rent and rehabilitation law as added by section two
   23  of  this  act  shall remain in full force and effect only as long as the
   24  public emergency requiring the regulation  and  control  of  residential
   25  rents and evictions continues, as provided in subdivision 3 of section 1
   26  of the local emergency housing rent control act.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11893-03-3