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Amd §§26-512 & 26-516, NYC Ad Cd; amd §§6 & 12, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974; amd §213-a, CPLR

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Tolls the four year statute of limitations look back period on rent overcharges where the owner of a housing accommodation acts in a wrongful or fraudulent manner.

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02/04/2025REFERRED 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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 4313

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 4, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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
 civil practice law and rules, in relation to rent overcharges

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision a of section 26-516 of
 2 the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a
 3 new clause (iii) to read as follows:
 4 (iii) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (i) of this paragraph,
 5 for any year in which an owner or a landlord who is required to file an
 6 annual rent registration statement, has failed to timely file such annu-
 7 al rent registration statement, the division or a court of competent
 8 jurisdiction shall consider such year or years when determining the
 9 current legal regulated rent.
 10 § 2. Section 26-512 of the administrative code of the city of New York
 11 is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
 12 h. Upon the offering of a lease to a prospective tenant, an owner or a
 13 landlord shall be required to provide such tenant with the documentation
 14 used by such owner or landlord to support any allowable increases in the
 15 legal regulated rent during the previous four years.
 16 § 3. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 12 of section 4 of chap-
 17 ter 576 of the laws of 1974 constituting the emergency tenant protection
 18 act of nineteen seventy-four is amended by adding a new clause (iii) to
 19 read as follows:
 20 (iii) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (i) of this paragraph,
 21 for any year in which an owner or a landlord who is required to file an
 22 annual rent registration statement, has failed to timely file such annu-
 23 al rent registration statement, the division or a court of competent

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05496-01-5

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 1 jurisdiction shall consider such year or years when determining the
 2 current legal regulated rent.
 3 § 4. Section 6 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974 consti-
 4 tuting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four is
 5 amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
 6 h. Upon the offering of a lease to a prospective tenant, an owner or a
 7 landlord shall be required to provide such tenant with the documentation
 8 used by such owner or landlord to support any allowable increases in the
 9 legal regulated rent during the previous four years.
 10 § 5. Section 213-a of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by
 11 section 6 of part F of chapter 36 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 12 read as follows:
 13 § 213-a. Residential rent overcharge. No overcharge penalties or
 14 damages may be awarded for a period more than six years before the
 15 action is commenced or complaint is filed, however, an overcharge claim
 16 may be filed at any time, and the calculation and determination of the
 17 legal rent and the amount of the overcharge shall be made in accordance
 18 with the provisions of law governing the determination and calculation
 19 of overcharges. A court of competen