New York S 9908: Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services

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S09908 Summary:

BILL NOS09908A

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SAME ASSAME AS A06839-B

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SPONSORBOTTCHER

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COSPNSRJACKSON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §7, Emerg Prot Act of 1974; amd §§26-514 & 26-405, NYC Ad Cd; amd §4, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L

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Requires the division of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual diminution of the services.

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BILL NOS09908A

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04/13/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

05/04/20261ST REPORT CAL.896

05/05/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/06/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/12/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 9908A

05/18/2026PASSED SENATE

05/18/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/18/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9908--A
 Cal. No. 896

 IN SENATE

 April 13, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BOTTCHER, JACKSON, WEBB -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing,
 Construction and Community Development -- reported favorably from said
 committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
 reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
 order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven-
 ty-four, the administrative code of the city of New York and the emer-
 gency housing rent control law, in relation to requiring the division
 of housing and community renewal to calculate the period of rent
 reduction due to diminution of services from the date of actual dimi-
 nution of the services

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision a of section 7 of section 4 of chapter 576 of
 2 the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of
 3 nineteen seventy-four, as amended by chapter 116 of the laws of 1997, is
 4 amended to read as follows:
 5 a. In order to collect a rent adjustment authorized pursuant to the
 6 provisions of subdivision b of section four, the owner of housing accom-
 7 modations subject to this act located in a city having a population of
 8 less than one million or a town or village must file with the state
 9 division of housing and community renewal on a form which it shall
 10 prescribe, a written certification that [he] such owner is maintaining
 11 and will continue to maintain all services furnished on the date upon
 12 which this act becomes a law or required to be furnished by any law,
 13 ordinance or regulation applicable to the premises. In addition to any
 14 other remedy afforded by law, any tenant may apply to the state division
 15 of housing and community renewal for a reduction in the rent to the
 16 level in effect prior to its most recent adjustment, and the state divi-
 17 sion of housing and community renewal [may] shall so reduce the rent if
 18 it finds that the owner has failed to maintain such services. The owner
 19 shall be supplied with a copy of the application and shall be permitted
 20 to file an answer thereto. A hearing may be held upon the request of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06764-05-6

 S. 9908--A 2

 1 either party, or the state division of housing and community renewal may
 2 hold a hearing upon its own motion. The state division of housing and
 3 community renewal may consolidate the proceedings for two or more
 4 petitions applicable to the same building. If the state division of
 5 housing and community renewal finds that the owner has knowingly filed a
 6 false certification, it shall, in addition to abating the rent, assess
 7 the owner with the reasonable costs of the proceeding, including reason-
 8 able attorneys' fees, and impose a penalty not in excess of two hundred
 9 fifty dollars for each false certification. The amount of the reduction
 10 in rent ordered by the state division of housing and community renewal
 11 under this subdivision shall be reduced by any credit, aba