Bill Text: NY S03199 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-03 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CITIES 1 [S03199 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-S03199-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3199 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, BAILEY, JACKSON, KRUEGER, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development 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 property owners to dedicate certain residential units to the same protected status the unit previously held following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 26-512 of the administrative code of the city of 2 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows: 3 h. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the 4 contrary, if all or a portion of the rent controlled or rent stabilized 5 housing accommodation protected by the emergency tenant protection act 6 of nineteen seventy-four, the emergency housing rent control law, the 7 local emergency housing rent control act, the administrative code of 8 the city of New York and any regulations, rules and policies enacted 9 pursuant thereto, in a residential building are rendered uninhabitable 10 or are vacated due to demolition and new construction or to substantial 11 renovation conducted by or on behalf of the property owner under any of 12 the following circumstances, the property owner shall, upon completion 13 of the new construction or renovation of the building, dedicate an equal 14 number of units, of sizes equivalent to those vacated or rendered 15 uninhabitable, at the rent amount allowable for the units existing 16 prior to the demolition or renovation to the same status the unit 17 previously held as rent controlled or rent stabilized housing accommo- 18 dation protected by the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen 19 seventy-four, the emergency housing rent control law, the local emer- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04011-01-5S. 3199 2 1 gency housing rent control act, the administrative code of the city 2 of New York and any regulations, rules and policies enacted pursuant 3 thereto. The tenant or tenants in possession immediately prior to such 4 demolition or substantial renovation shall have the right of first 5 refusal for the occupation of such units: 6 (1) demolition or substantial renovation conducted after the property 7 owner filed an application for a building permit with the department of 8 buildings falsely reporting that no tenants occupied the building 9 proposed for demolition or substantial renovation, when tenants, in 10 fact, did occupy the building; or 11 (2) demolition or substantial renovation necessitated due to the 12 negligence of the owner and/or landlord; or 13 (3) demolition or substantial renovation necessitated by illegal code 14 violations; or 15 (4) demolition or substantial renovation authorized pursuant to a 16 project as defined by section three of the urban development corporation 17 act. 18 § 2. Section 6 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, 19 constituting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy- 20 four, is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows: 21 h. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the 22 contrary, if all or a portion of the rent controlled or rent stabilized 23 housing accommodation protected by the emergency tenant protection act 24 of nineteen seventy-four, the emergency housing rent control law, the 25 local emergency housing rent control act, the administrative code of 26 the city of New York and any regulations, rules and policies enacted 27 pursuant thereto, in a residential building are rendered uninhabitable 28 or are vacated due to demolition and new construction or to substantial 29 renovation conducted by or on behalf of the property owner under any of 30 the following circumstances: 31 (1) demolition or substantial renovation conducted after the property 32 owner filed an application for a building permit with the department of 33 buildings falsely reporting that no tenants occupied the building 34 proposed for demolition or substantial renovation, when tenants, in 35 fact, did occupy the building; or 36 (2) demolition or substantial renovation necessitated due to the 37 negligence of the owner and/or landlord; or 38 (3) demolition or substantial renovation necessitated by illegal code 39 violations; or 40 (4) demolition or substantial renovation authorized pursuant to a 41 project as defined by section three of the urban development corporation 42 act, the property owner shall, upon completion of the new construction 43 or renovation of the building, dedicate an equal number of units, of 44 sizes equivalent to those vacated or rendered uninhabitable, at the 45 rent amount allowable for the units existing prior to the demo- 46 lition or renovation to the same status the unit previously held as 47 rent controlled or rent stabilized housing accommodation protected by 48 the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, the 49 emergency housing rent control law, the local emergency housing rent 50 control act, the administrative code of the city of New York and 51 any regulations, rules and policies enacted pursuant thereto. The tenant 52 or tenants in possession immediately prior to such demolition or 53 substantial renovation shall have the right of first refusal for the 54 occupation of such units.S. 3199 3 1 § 3. Section 5 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1946, constituting the 2 emergency housing rent control law, is amended by adding a new subdivi- 3 sion 9 to read as follows: 4 9. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the 5 contrary, if all or a portion of the rent controlled or rent stabilized 6 housing accommodation protected by the emergency tenant protection act 7 of nineteen seventy-four, the emergency housing rent control law, the 8 local emergency housing rent control act, the administrative code of 9 the city of New York and any regulations, rules and policies enacted 10 pursuant thereto, in a residential building are rendered uninhabitable 11 or are vacated due to demolition and new construction or to substantial 12 renovation conducted by or on behalf of the property owner under any of 13 the following circumstances: 14 (a) demolition or substantial renovation conducted after the property 15 owner filed an application for a building permit with the department of 16 buildings falsely reporting that no tenants occupied the building 17 proposed for demolition or substantial renovation, when tenants, in 18 fact, did occupy the building; or 19 (b) demolition or substantial renovation necessitated due to the 20 negligence of the owner and/or landlord; or 21 (c) demolition or substantial renovation necessitated by illegal code 22 violations; or 23 (d) demolition or substantial renovation authorized pursuant to a 24 project as defined by section three of the urban development corporation 25 act, the property owner shall, upon completion of the new construction 26 or renovation of the building, dedicate an equal number of units, of 27 sizes equivalent to those vacated or rendered uninhabitable, at the 28 rent amount allowable for the units existing prior to the demo- 29 lition or renovation to the same status the unit previously held as 30 rent controlled or rent stabilized housing accommodation protected by 31 the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, the 32 emergency housing rent control law, the local emergency housing rent 33 control act, the administrative code of the city of New York and 34 any regulations, rules and policies enacted pursuant thereto. The 35 tenant or tenants in possession immediately prior to such demolition or 36 substantial renovation shall have the right of first refusal for the 37 occupation of such units. 38 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 39 the amendments to section 26-512 of chapter 4 of title 26 of the admin- 40 istrative code of the city of New York made by section one of this act 41 shall expire on the same date as such law expires and shall not affect 42 the expiration of such law as provided under section 26-520 of such law.
