Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9908
IN SENATE
April 13, 2026
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Introduced by Sens. BOTTCHER, JACKSON, WEBB -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing,
Construction and Community Development
AN ACT in relation to requiring the division of housing and community
renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of
services from the date of actual diminution of the services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contra-
2 ry, any rent reduction attributable to diminution of services shall be
3 calculated by the division of housing and community renewal to be effec-
4 tive upon the date that the diminution of service commenced, regardless
5 of when the diminution of services was reported to the division or that
6 date upon which the diminution of services was addressed by the divi-
7 sion. Such rent reduction shall be applicable to the entire period of
8 time the services were not maintained in full.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
10 pending and future proceedings.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06764-01-5
