Bill Text: NY S01160 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires rent reduction in cases of submetered utility service; directs the division of housing and community renewal to develop a standard reduction and an appeals process.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S01160 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01160-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1160
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 9, 2015
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       Introduced  by Sens. SERRANO, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Housing,
         Construction and Community Development
       AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to rent reduction
         in cases of submetered utility service
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The multiple dwelling  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 302-d to read as follows:
    3    S  302-D.  PROVISIONS RELATING TO MULTIPLE DWELLINGS WITH SUBMETERING.
    4  1. ANY TENANT RESIDING IN A BUILDING WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SUBMETERING  OF
    5  UTILITIES SHALL RECEIVE A REDUCTION IN RENT WHICH IS EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT
    6  OF  THE  UTILITY  COSTS FOR WHICH SUCH TENANT IS RESPONSIBLE, WHERE SUCH
    7  COSTS WERE PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN SUCH TENANT'S RENT.
    8    2. THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL, WITHIN  NINETY
    9  DAYS  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THIS SECTION, REVIEW THE STANDARD AND
   10  ACTUAL RENT REDUCTIONS  FOR  SUBMETERED  PROPERTIES  AND  SHALL  REQUIRE
   11  INCREASES  WHERE  THE  DIVISION DETERMINES NECESSARY. THE DIVISION SHALL
   12  DEVELOP A PROCESS FOR TENANTS TO APPEAL THEIR RENT REDUCTION IF IT  DOES
   13  NOT  ACCURATELY  REFLECT  THE AMOUNT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR SUBME-
   14  TERED UTILITIES.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04280-01-5