Requires notice of applications for major capital improvement rent increases to include a statement on the first page explaining in plain language the tenant's right to answer or reply and how a tenant may request an extension of time to submit such answer or reply.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10687
IN SENATE
August 24, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to notice of applications for major capital improvement rent
increases
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 10 of subdivision a of section 26-405.1 of the
2 administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section 5 of
3 part K of chapter 36 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
4 (10) provide, that where an application for a major capital improve-
5 ment rent increase has been filed, a tenant shall have sixty days from
6 the date of mailing of a notice of a proceeding in which to answer or
7 reply. Such notice shall include a statement on the first page explain-
8 ing in plain language the tenant's right to answer or reply and how a
9 tenant may request an extension of time to submit such answer or reply.
10 Such statement shall include a list of legal services providers that
11 offer tenant assistance. A tenant shall have thirty days to rebut a
12 landlord's response to such tenant's answer or reply;
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
14 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16308-01-6
