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A09675 Summary:

A09675 Actions:

A09675 Committee Votes:

Committee:HOUSING   Chair:Cymbrowitz      
DATE:05/11/2022AYE/NAY:28/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Cook
Aye
Smith
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Byrnes
Aye
Kim
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Walker
Aye
Schmitt
Aye
Joyner
Aye
Brown
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Lawler
Aye
Davila
Aye
Niou
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Epstein
Aye
Eichenstein
Aye
Meeks
Aye
Burdick
Aye
Rivera
Aye
Jackson
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Tapia
Aye
Lucas
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:05/23/2022AYE/NAY:28/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cook
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Glick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Excused
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Excused

A09675 Floor Votes:

A09675 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A9675A                   REVISED 5/16/2022
 
SPONSOR: Glick

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to occupancy of
joint living-work quarters for artists
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
To permit residents who live in joint live-work quarters for artists
(JLWQA) units and were in residence prior to December 15, 2021 to
continue occupying such unit regardless of their status as a certified
artist.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
Section one adds a new sentence to section 276 of the multiple dwelling
law to permit residents who live in joint live-work quarters for artists
(JLWQA) units and were in residence prior to December 15, 2021 to
continue occupying such unit regardless of their status as a certified
artist.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
For several decades, and preceding the Loft Law, residential use of
former manufacturing space has been permitted in SoHo and NoHo as Joint
Live-Work Quarters for Artists (JLWQA) under article 7-B of the Multiple
Dwelling Law. Residential use of space zoned for commercial use was
permitted in order to preserve housing and to support artists who used
their lofts as live-work space and greatly contributed to the character
of their neighborhoods.
 
In the last weeks of 2021 and at the end of the last Mayoral adminis-
tration, a zoning change was adopted for SoHo and NoHo that allowed
buildings currently zoned for commercial use to be rezoned for residen-
tial use despite the many non-conforming uses in which artists and non-
artists occupy live-work spaces. Increasingly troubling was the fact
that longstanding residents of JLWQA units that had not successfully
completed the required certification as an artist through the NYC
Department of Cultural Affairs were left vulnerable to ongoing fines and
undermining long-term residents.  There are several reasons why a resi-
dent may lack certification as an artist, including overly stringent
City requirements for what constitutes "fine art" and, lack of respon-
siveness from DCLA.
 
This legislation will ensure that longstanding members of the community
who for a variety of reasons lack an artist certification can continue
occupying their home.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
New legislation.
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
None.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

A09675 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         9675--A
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 28, 2022
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Housing -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to  occupancy  of
          joint living-work quarters for artists
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 276 of the multiple dwelling law, as added by chap-
     2  ter 734 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 276. Definition of an artist. As used  in  this  article,  the  word
     4  "artist"  means a person who is regularly engaged in the fine arts, such
     5  as painting and sculpture or in the performing or creative arts, includ-
     6  ing choreography and filmmaking, or in the composition  of  music  on  a
     7  professional  basis,  and  is  so  certified  by  the city department of
     8  cultural affairs and/or state council on the arts. For joint living-work
     9  quarters for artists limited  to  artists'  occupancy  by  local  zoning
    10  resolution,  any  permanent occupant whose residence therein began on or
    11  before December fifteenth, two thousand twenty-one shall  be  deemed  to
    12  meet  such  occupancy requirements under the same rights as an artist so
    13  certified in accordance with applicable law.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15032-02-2

A09675 LFIN:

 
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