Directs the division of housing and community renewal shall conduct a study on the demographics of tenants living in rent-stabilized apartments in Nassau, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, and in the City of Kingston; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9160
IN SENATE
February 9, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
Community Development
AN ACT to direct the division of housing and community renewal conduct a
study on the demographics of tenants living in rent-stabilized apart-
ments in Nassau, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, and in the City
of Kingston; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expi-
ration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. 1. The division of housing and community renewal shall
2 conduct a study on the demographics of tenants living in rent-stabilized
3 apartments in Nassau, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, and in the
4 City of Kingston. The report shall report the following demographics:
5 (a) income;
6 (b) race;
7 (c) ethnicity;
8 (d) the ages of the residents of the apartment;
9 (e) the gender or genders of the residents of the apartment;
10 (f) whether children are in the apartment, and, if so, the ages of the
11 children; and
12 (g) the length of tenancy within the apartment at the time of the
13 study.
14 2. Results of the study shall be reported by county or city, as appli-
15 cable.
16 3. Upon the conclusion of the study, the division of housing and
17 community renewal shall issue a report on the results of the study to
18 the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of
19 the senate, and the chairs of the senate housing, construction and
20 community development committee and the assembly committee on housing.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027, and shall expire and
22 be deemed repealed thirty days after the delivery of the report
23 described in section one of this act. The commissioner of the division
24 of housing and community renewal shall notify the legislative bill
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 drafting commission upon the occurrence of the delivery of the report
2 described in section one of this act in order that the commission may
3 maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text
4 of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the
5 provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the
6 public officers law.
