New York S 8215: Relates to rent guidelines boards and the factors to be considered in establishing annual rent adjustments; repealer

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S08215 Summary:

BILL NOS08215 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08533

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SPONSORGIANARIS

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COSPNSRJACKSON, STAVISKY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd 26-510, NYC Ad Cd; rpld 4 sub a-1, amd 4, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974

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Amends the composition of rent guidelines boards and the factors to be considered in establishing annual rent adjustments; eliminates the price index of operating costs as a factor in determining rent increases.

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05/21/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8215

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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 and the
 emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation
 to the composition of rent guidelines boards, and the factors to be
 considered in establishing annual rent adjustments; and to repeal
 certain provisions of the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen
 seventy-four relating to rent guidelines boards in counties

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "rent
 2 guidelines board reform act".
 3 § 2. Subdivisions a, b, c and h of section 26-510 of the administra-
 4 tive code of the city of New York, subdivision b as amended by section 4
 5 of part C of chapter 36 of the laws of 2019, are amended and two new
 6 subdivisions k and l are added to read as follows:
 7 a. There shall be a rent guidelines board to consist of [nine] seven
 8 members, [appointed] nominated by the mayor subject to confirmation by a
 9 vote of the city council, which shall conduct a public hearing on a
 10 nomination within thirty days of receipt of a nomination from the mayor.
 11 Two members shall be representative of tenants, two shall be represen-
 12 tative of owners of property, and [five] three shall be public members
 13 [each]. Each of [whom] the public members shall have had at least five
 14 [years] years' experience in [either] public service, philanthropy,
 15 social services, urban planning, sociology, geography, labor, nonprofit
 16 management, finance, economics or housing. One public member shall be
 17 designated by the mayor to serve as [chairman] chair and shall hold no
 18 other public office. No member, officer or employee of any municipal
 19 rent regulation agency or the state division of housing and community
 20 renewal and no person who owns or manages real estate covered by the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03772-04-5

 S. 8215 2

 1 emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four or this law [or
 2 who is an officer of any owner or tenant organization] shall serve on a
 3 rent guidelines board. One public member, one member representative of
 4 tenants and one member representative of owners shall serve for a term
 5 ending two years from January first next succeeding the date of their
 6 appointment; one public member, one member representative of tenants and
 7 one member representative of owners shall serve for terms ending three
 8 years from the January first next succeeding the date of their appoint-
 9 ment [and two public members shall serve for terms ending four years
 10 from January first next succeeding the dates of their appointment. The
 11 chairman shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor]. Thereafter, all
 12 members shall continue in office until their successors have been
 13 appointed and qualified. The mayor and city council shall fill any
 14 vacancy which may occur by reason of death, resignation or otherwise in
 15 a manner consistent with the original appointment. All appointments
 16 thereafter shall be confirmed by a vote of the c