NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A8230
SPONSOR: Wright
 
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend chapter 576 of the laws of 1974 amend-
ing the emergency housing rent control law relating to the control of
and stabilization of rent in certain cases, chapter 274 of the laws of
1946, constituting the emergency housing rent control law, chapter 329
of the laws of 1963 amending the emergency housing rent control law
relating to recontrol of rents in Albany and chapter 116 of the laws of
1997 constituting the rent regulation reform act of 1997, in relation to
extending the effectiveness thereof
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to extend the various provisions of laws
relating to rent regulations until, and including, June 17, 2015.
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Sections 1 and 2 of the bill would amend the Emergency Housing Rent
Control Law relating to the control of and stabilization of rent in
certain cases, to provide that such provisions shall remain in effect
until, and including, June 17, 2015; so long as localities determine the
existence of a public emergency.
Section 3 of the bill would amend the Emergency Housing Rent Control Law
relating to recontrol of rents in Albany to provide that such provisions
shall remain in effect until, and including, June 17, 2015.
Section 4 of the bill would amend the rent regulation reform act of 1997
to provide that such provisions shall continue until, and including,
June 17, 2015.
Section 5 of the bill would establish an immediate effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation will continue the provisions of the rent regulation
laws, allowing for important protections to be continued while a more
permanent solution can be achieved.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New legislation.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8230
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 12, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Housing
AN ACT to amend chapter 576 of the laws of 1974 amending the emergency
housing rent control law relating to the control of and stabilization
of rent in certain cases, chapter 274 of the laws of 1946, constitut-
ing the emergency housing rent control law, chapter 329 of the laws of
1963 amending the emergency housing rent control law relating to
recontrol of rents in Albany and chapter 116 of the laws of 1997
constituting the rent regulation reform act of 1997, in relation to
extending the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 17 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974 amending the
2 emergency housing rent control law relating to the control of and
3 stabilization of rent in certain cases, as amended by section 1-a of
4 part B of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
5 § 17. Effective date. This act shall take effect immediately and
6 shall remain in full force and effect until and including the
7 [fifteenth] seventeenth day of June 2015; except that sections two and
8 three shall take effect with respect to any city having a population of
9 one million or more and section one shall take effect with respect to
10 any other city, or any town or village whenever the local legislative
11 body of a city, town or village determines the existence of a public
12 emergency pursuant to section three of the emergency tenant protection
13 act of nineteen seventy-four, as enacted by section four of this act,
14 and provided that the housing accommodations subject on the effective
15 date of this act to stabilization pursuant to the New York city rent
16 stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine shall remain subject to
17 such law upon the expiration of this act.
18 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 1 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1946,
19 constituting the emergency housing rent control law, as amended by
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 section 2 of part B of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
2 read as follows:
3 2. The provisions of this act, and all regulations, orders and
4 requirements thereunder shall remain in full force and effect until and
5 including June [15] 17, 2015.
6 § 3. Section 2 of chapter 329 of the laws of 1963 amending the emer-
7 gency housing rent control law relating to recontrol of rents in Albany,
8 as amended by section 3 of part B of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is
9 amended to read as follows:
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and the provisions of
11 subdivision 6 of section 12 of the emergency housing rent control law,
12 as added by this act, shall remain in full force and effect until and
13 including June [15] 17, 2015.
14 § 4. Subdivision 6 of section 46 of chapter 116 of the laws of 1997
15 constituting the rent regulation reform act of 1997, as amended by
16 section 6 of part B of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
17 read as follows:
18 6. sections twenty-eight, twenty-eight-a, twenty-eight-b and twenty-
19 eight-c of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed after June [15]
20 17, 2015;
21 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.