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A00795 Summary:

A00795 Actions:

A00795 Committee Votes:

Committee:HOUSING   Chair:Rosenthal      
DATE:05/19/2025AYE/NAY:22/4  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Rosenthal
Aye
Novakhov
Aye
Cook
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Nay
Kim
Absent
Brown K 
Nay
Walker
Aye
Brown EA
Nay
Cruz
Aye
Brook-Krasny
Aye
Davila
Aye
Chang
Nay
Epstein
Aye
Maher
Aye
Eichenstein
Aye
Norber
Aye
Anderson
Aye
Burdick
Aye
Rivera
Aye
Jackson
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Tapia
Aye
Lucas
Absent
Chandler-Waterm
Aye
Lee
Aye
Levenberg
Aye
Dais
Aye
Torres
Aye

Committee:HOUSING   Chair:Rosenthal      
DATE:01/21/2026AYE/NAY:20/5  Action: Favorable         
Rosenthal
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Excused
Cook
Excused
Novakhov
Aye
Kim
Aye
Brown K 
Nay
Walker
Aye
Brown EA
Nay
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Brook-Krasny
Aye
Davila
Aye
Chang
Nay
Eichenstein
Aye
Norber
Nay
Meeks
Aye
Molitor
Nay
Burdick
Aye
Rivera
Aye
Jackson
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Tapia
Aye
Lucas
Aye
Chandler-Waterm
Aye
Lee
Aye
Levenberg
Aye
Dais
Aye
Torres
Aye

A00795 Floor Votes:

A00795 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           795
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Housing
 
        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city  of  New  York,  the
          emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four and the emer-
          gency  housing rent control law, in relation to requiring the division
          of housing and community renewal to  publish  the  results  of  annual
          audits  of  approved applications for temporary major capital improve-
          ment increases on its website annually
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  b  of section 26-405.1 of the administrative
     2  code of the city of New York, as added by section 5 of part K of chapter
     3  36 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     4    b. The division shall establish an annual inspection and audit process
     5  which shall review twenty-five percent of applications for  a  temporary
     6  major   capital  improvement  increase  that  have  been  submitted  and
     7  approved. Such process shall include individual inspections and document
     8  review to ensure that owners complied with all obligations and responsi-
     9  bilities  under  the  law  for  temporary  major   capital   improvement
    10  increases.  Inspections  shall  include in-person confirmation that such
    11  improvements have been completed in such way as described in the  appli-
    12  cation.  The  division shall conspicuously make available on its website
    13  the results of every annual audit conducted pursuant to this subdivision
    14  and shall publish new audit results on its website annually.
    15    § 2. Subdivision b of section 26-511.1 of the administrative  code  of
    16  the  city  of New York, as added by section 4 of part K of chapter 36 of
    17  the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    18    b. The division shall establish an annual inspection and audit process
    19  which shall review twenty-five percent of applications for  a  temporary
    20  major   capital  improvement  increase  that  have  been  submitted  and
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  approved. Such process shall include individual inspections and document
     2  review to ensure that owners complied with all obligations and responsi-
     3  bilities  under  the  law  for  temporary  major   capital   improvement
     4  increases.  Inspections  shall  include in-person confirmation that such
     5  improvements have been completed in such way as described in the  appli-
     6  cation.  The  division shall conspicuously make available on its website
     7  the results of every annual audit conducted pursuant to this subdivision
     8  and shall publish new audit results on its website annually.
     9    § 3. Subdivision (b) of section 10-b of section 4 of  chapter  576  of
    10  the  laws  of  1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of
    11  nineteen seventy-four, as added by section 6 of part K of chapter 36  of
    12  the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    13    (b)  The division shall establish an annual inspection and audit proc-
    14  ess which shall review twenty-five percent of applications for a  tempo-
    15  rary  major  capital  improvement  increase that have been submitted and
    16  approved. Such process shall include individual inspections and document
    17  review to ensure that owners complied with all obligations and responsi-
    18  bilities  under  the  law  for  temporary  major   capital   improvement
    19  increases.  Inspections  shall  include in-person confirmation that such
    20  improvements have been completed in such way as described in the  appli-
    21  cation.   The division shall conspicuously make available on its website
    22  the results of every annual audit conducted pursuant to this subdivision
    23  and shall publish new audit results on its website annually.
    24    § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 8-a of chapter 274 of the laws of  1946,
    25  constituting the emergency housing rent control law, as added by section
    26  7  of  part  K  of chapter 36 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
    27  follows:
    28    2. The division shall establish an annual inspection and audit process
    29  which shall review twenty-five percent of applications for  a  temporary
    30  major   capital  improvement  increase  that  have  been  submitted  and
    31  approved. Such process shall include individual inspections and document
    32  review to ensure that owners complied with all obligations and responsi-
    33  bilities  under  the  law  for  temporary  major   capital   improvement
    34  increases.    Inspections shall include in-person confirmation that such
    35  improvements have been completed in such way as described in the  appli-
    36  cation.   The division shall conspicuously make available on its website
    37  the results of every annual audit conducted pursuant to this subdivision
    38  and shall publish new audit results on its website annually.
    39    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
    40  ments  to  section 26-405.1 of the city rent and rehabilitation law made
    41  by section one of this act shall remain in full force and effect only as
    42  long as the public emergency requiring the  regulation  and  control  of
    43  residential  rents and evictions continues, as provided in subdivision 3
    44  of section 1 of the  local  emergency  housing  rent  control  act;  and
    45  provided  that  the amendments to section 26-511.1 of chapter 4 of title
    46  26 of the administrative code of the city of New York  made  by  section
    47  two  of  this  act shall expire on the same date as such law expires and
    48  shall not affect the expiration of such law as  provided  under  section
    49  26-520 of such law.