Bill Text: NY S03592 | 2015-2016 | 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 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S03592 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03592-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3592
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 12, 2015
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       Introduced by Sens. ESPAILLAT, DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HOYLMAN, MONTGOM-
         ERY,  PARKER,  PERKINS, SERRANO -- 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 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
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 3592                             2
    1  of this act shall remain in full force and effect only as  long  as  the
    2  public  emergency  requiring  the  regulation and control of residential
    3  rents and evictions continues, as provided in subdivision 3 of section 1
    4  of the local emergency housing rent control act.