New York S 8319: Relates to creating the coronavirus business interruption and municipal recovery program

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S08319 Summary:

BILL NOS08319 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05568-A

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, GONZALEZ, RIVERA

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Title 22 Chap 15 §§22-1501 - 22-1513, NYC Ad Cd

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Enacts the "New York city small business rent stabilization act" instituting a commercial rent control system in the city of New York; creates the commercial rent guidelines board.

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BILL NOS08319 

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06/02/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CITIES 1

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8319

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 June 2, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to enacting the "New York city small business rent stabiliza-
 tion act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "New York city small business rent stabilization act".
 3 § 2. Title 22 of the administrative code of the city of New York is
 4 amended by adding a new chapter 15 to read as follows:
 5 CHAPTER 15
 6 COMMERCIAL RENT STABILIZATION
 7 § 22-1501 Application. This chapter applies to all leases and rental
 8 agreements for commercial spaces that are renewed, renegotiated, or
 9 entered into on or after July first, two thousand twenty-five.
 10 § 22-1502 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms
 11 shall have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:
 12 a. "Administering agency" shall mean any city agency, office, depart-
 13 ment, division, bureau or institution of government, the expenses of
 14 which are paid in whole or in part from the city treasury, as the mayor
 15 shall designate or establish to implement and enforce the provisions of
 16 this chapter.
 17 b. "At-will tenant" shall mean a tenant, subtenant, lessee, sublessee,
 18 or any other persons lawfully entitled to use or occupy any commercial
 19 premises without a written lease or other rental agreement, who has paid
 20 rent to a landlord for at least six months.
 21 c. "Board" shall mean the commercial rent guidelines board established
 22 by subdivision a of section 22-1503 of this chapter.
 23 d. "Chain business" shall mean an establishment that is part of a
 24 group of establishments that share a common landlord or principal who

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09129-03-5

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 1 owns at least thirty percent of each establishment where such establish-
 2 ments:
 3 (1) engage in the same business; or
 4 (2) operate pursuant to a franchise agreement with the same franchisor
 5 as defined in section six hundred eighty-one of the general business
 6 law.
 7 e. "Commercial space" shall mean a space used or occupied for non-re-
 8 sidential purposes pursuant to a valid commercial lease or other rental
 9 agreement and any space that can be so used pursuant to law or regu-
 10 lation.
 11 f. "Commissioner" shall mean the head of the administering agency.
 12 g. "Landlord" shall mean any owner, lessor, sublessor or other person
 13 entitled to receive rent for the use or occupancy of any commercial
 14 premises, or an agent thereof.
 15 h. "Pass-along" shall mean any taxes, sewer, water or utility fee, or
 16 other operating charges apportioned to a tenant in connection with the
 17 use or occupancy of any commercial space, but shall not include any
 18 charges that are individually metered to reflect the tenant's exclusive
 19 use of such space, including water, sewer and utility fees.
 20 i. "Rent" shall mean any consideration, including but not limited to
 21 pass-alongs, received by the landlord in connection with the use or
 22 occupancy of any commercial space.
 23 j. "Services" shall mean those facilities which enhance the use of the
 24 commercial premises, including, but not limited to, repairs, main