Bill Text: NY S00015 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S00015 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00015-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           15
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
        AN ACT in relation to requiring the division of  housing  and  community
          renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of
          services from the date of actual diminution of the services
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the  contra-
     2  ry,  any  rent reduction attributable to diminution of services shall be
     3  calculated by the division of housing and community renewal to be effec-
     4  tive upon the date that the diminution of service commenced,  regardless
     5  of  when the diminution of services was reported to the division or that
     6  date upon which the diminution of services was addressed  by  the  divi-
     7  sion.  Such  rent  reduction shall be applicable to the entire period of
     8  time the services were not maintained in full.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
    10  pending and future proceedings.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04151-01-9
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