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A09157 Summary:

BILL NOA09157
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08177
 
SPONSORSimone
 
COSPNSRAlvarez, Reyes, Seawright
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §235-j, RP L
 
Relates to requiring landlords of certain properties to furnish New York homes and community renewal with data pertaining to succession rights.
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A09157 Actions:

BILL NOA09157
 
02/08/2024referred to housing
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A09157 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A9157
 
SPONSOR: Simone
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the real property law, in relation to succession rights data   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Requires the landlord of a residential building containing five or more rental units to submit a quarterly report to New York Homes and Communi- ty Renewal with data pertaining to applications for succession rights.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: The real property law is amended by adding a new section 235-h entitled Succession Rights Data; Requiring the landlord of a residential building containing five or more rental units to submit a quarterly report to New York Homes and Community Renewal indicating the number of applications for rights of succession the landlord has received, the date such appli- cations were received, whether such applications were accepted or denied, and, if denied, the reasons for such denial. Defines the term "right of succession" to mean the right to a rent stabilized apartment renewal lease or protection from eviction in an apartment under rent control redounding to the benefit of an eligible family member of the tenant having occupied such apartment immediately prior to permanently vacating such apartment of immediately prior to such tenant's death.   JUSTIFICATION: As New York's affordable housing crisis continues to squeeze the econom- ic livelihoods of families throughout much of our State, the issue of succession rights is of growing importance to the many New Yorkers who are facing the prospect of becoming homeless due to the evicted upon the death of a loved one and/ or family member. Of particular concern is the fact that under current law a landlord may reject an application for succession rights without even having to provide a specific reason for such rejection. This legislation addresses the potentially arbitrary nature of the current process by requiring landlords to provide essential data to New York Homes and Community Renewal. The availability of this data will make it possible for public policymakers to move forward with developing rational policies that strike the appropriate balance between the rights of tenants and landlords.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: Assembly: 01/10/24 enacting clause stricken 01/03/24 referred to housing 01/20/23 referred to housing 01/11/19 Referred to Housing, 01/03/18 Referred to Housing, 01/23/17 Referred to Housing, 01/06/16 Referred to Housing, 04/15/15 Referred to Housing 03/01/21 referred to housing 01/05/22 referred to housing   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1st of the year subsequent to enactment of the legislation
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A09157 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9157
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 8, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. SIMONE, ALVAREZ, REYES, SEAWRIGHT -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Housing
 
        AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to succession  rights
          data
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  235-j to read as follows:
     3    §  235-j.  Succession rights data. A landlord of a building containing
     4  five or more rental units shall submit a quarterly report  to  New  York
     5  homes  and community renewal in a form prescribed by the commissioner of
     6  such  agency  indicating  the  number  of  applications  for  right   of
     7  succession  such landlord received over the course of the previous three
     8  months, the date such applications were received, whether such  applica-
     9  tions  were granted or denied and, if denied, the reasons given for such
    10  denial.
    11    For the purposes of this section, "right of succession" shall mean the
    12  right to a rent stabilized renewal lease or protection from eviction  in
    13  an apartment under rent control redounding to the benefit of an eligible
    14  family  member  of the tenant having occupied such apartment immediately
    15  prior to permanently vacating such apartment  or  immediately  prior  to
    16  such tenant's death.
    17    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    18  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06772-01-3
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